The earliest known record of a comet sighting was made by an astrologer of the Chinese court in 1059 B.C.
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Sighting
//ˈsaɪtɪŋ//
Synonyms for "sighting" (396 found)
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Closest matches (80)
viewaimbatchespyscopeseeaim atairscapeamazementangleangle of visionanschauungappearassumptionastonishing thingastonishmentatrocityattitudeawe-inspiringbaboon
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bagbarrelbasisbeholdbendblemishblotbombsightbrilliantcatch sight ofchromesthesiacityscapeclap eyes onclear sightclimate of opinioncloudscapecolor hearingcolor visioncommandcommon beliefcommunity sentimentconceitconceptconceptionconclusioncone visionconsensus gentiumconsiderableconsiderationcoolcosmoramacuriositycycloramaday visiondaylight visiondealdekkodescrydeterminedioramadirectdirectionizedisasterdiscerndiscernmentdiscoverdisplaydistantdistinguishdogdominationestimateestimationethos
Strong matches (118)
exceptionexhibitexhibitionexpositionextraordinaryeyeeye-mindednesseyefuleyereacheyeseyeshoteyesighteyesorefarsightfarsightednessfeelingfield of viewfield of visionfindfinder
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five sensesfixfix onfootingframe of referenceframeworkfrightgargoylegazegazingstockgeneral beliefgeoramaglance atglimpseglomgobsgood dealgreat dealgunhagharridanhave in sightheapheapshearinghold onhorizonideaidentifyimaginativeimperceptibleimpressionincredibleinvisiblejoltingjudgmentkeen sightkenlandscapelashingslay eyes onleaf sightleerleering looklevel atlightlight showlightslimit of visionline of sightloadslooklook onlook uponlook-inlookoutlotlotslumplustful leermake outmarkmarvelmarvelmentmassmental outlookmessmindmintmiraclemonstermonstrositymovingmuchmultiplicitymyrioramamystiquenaked eyeneatnight visionno beautynonesuchnote
Verb(1 words)
Related words (198)
noticenotionobservationobserveoodlesopen sightopinionout of sightoutlookoutlook overoutrageouspackpageantpageantrypanoramapanoramic sightparadepeckpeekpeep
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peep sightpeerperceiveperceptionperipheral fieldperipheral visionpersonal judgmentperspectiveperspicacityperspicuityphantasmagoriaphenomenonphonismphotismphotopiapick outpilepilespipeplacepointpoint atpoint of viewpoint topomppopular beliefpositionposturepotpowerpower of sightpresentpresentationpresumptionprevailing beliefpreviewprodigyprospectpsychedelic showpublic beliefpublic opinionpurviewquick sightquite a littlequite a thingraftraftsrangerarerarityreactionreceptorrecognizereference systemregardremarkremoterepresentationrespectriverscaperod visionscadsscanscapescarecrowscenesceneryscenic viewscope of visionscotopiaseascapeseeingsensationsensesense of sightsense organsensessensillumsensoriumsensory organsentimentsetshifting sceneshockingshowsidesidelong looksight onsightednesssightholesightlinesssituationsixth senseskyscapeslantslewslewssly looksmellsomething elsespatespectaclespotspystackstacksstage showstancestandstandpointstunnersurveysweepsynesthesiasystemtableautableau vivanttake aimtake intasteteratismtheorythinkingthoughttidy sumtouchtownscapetraintrain uponturnturn upontwigtwilight visionugly ducklinguniverseunobstructed visionunrealunseeableunusualviewfinderviewpointvisionvistavisual acuityvisual fieldvisual sensewadwadswaterscapeway of thinkingwhole slewwitchwitnesswonderwonderful thingwonderment
Noun(18 words)
Verb(4 words)
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7 translations across 5 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- waarneming noun (act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for)
German
1 entries- Sichtung noun (act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for)
Italian
1 entries- avvistamento noun (act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for)
Sicilian
2 entries- alluzzata noun (act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for)
- taliata noun (act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for)
Spanish
2 entries- avistaje noun (act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for)
- avistamiento noun (act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for)
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Yanni had his first sighting of a UFO in 2004.
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The ivory-billed woodpecker was once the US's largest woodpecker species but the last commonly agreed sighting was in 1944 in Louisiana.
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Cougars — also known as mountain lions, pumas and panthers — were once the top predator in the forests of eastern North America, but they were wiped out by the early 1900s due to habitat destruction, hunting and loss of their primary prey, deer. The last confirmed sighting of the big cats was more than 100 years ago, but that hasn't stopped people from looking for them.
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