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know by sight to be able to recognize (someone) by their physical appearance but not have any further acquaintance.
long-sighted farsighted.
out of sight visible no longer. [2 definitions]
second sight the alleged ability to witness faraway events and foresee the future; clairvoyance.
sight gag a comic presentation or action whose effect is achieved by physical means rather than by words.
sight word in vocabulary learning, a word, usually short and basic, that a reader recognizes visually, without having to decode it phonetically or otherwise. "The," "we," "their," and "have" are typical sight words.
sight-read to read or perform (music) on first sight, without practicing beforehand.