[
  {
    "word": "sight",
    "phonetic": "/sa\u026at/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/sa\u026at/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/sight-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1227547",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "(in the singular) The ability to see.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He is losing his sight and now can barely read."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to gain sight of land"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something seen.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We went to London and saw all the sights \u2013 Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and so on."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the sight of a quadrant"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!"
          },
          {
            "definition": "In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The instrument of seeing; the eye.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Mental view; opinion; judgment.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "In their sight it was harmless."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "sense",
          "vision",
          "peep sight",
          "scope",
          "view"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To register visually.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To get sight of (something).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to sight land from a ship"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to sight a rifle or a cannon"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To take aim at.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "espy",
          "glimpse",
          "spot",
          "aim",
          "take aim",
          "see"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sight"
    ]
  }
]