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Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the primal call to take the audience for a tumble.
John Lahr

Meaning of "sighting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SIGHTING

sighting  [ˈsaɪtɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SIGHTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sighting is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SIGHTING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Discovery (observation)

Discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something "old" that had been unknown. With reference to science and academic disciplines, discovery is the observation of new phenomena, new actions, or new events and providing new reasoning to explain the knowledge gathered through such observations with previously acquired knowledge from abstract thought and everyday experiences. A discovery may sometimes be based on earlier discoveries, collaborations or ideas, and the process of discovery requires at least the awareness that an existing concept or method can be modified or transformed. Some discoveries also represent a radical breakthrough in knowledge while some others in technology. Visual discoveries are often called sightings.

Definition of sighting in the English dictionary

The definition of sighting in the dictionary is an occasion on which something is seen.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SIGHTING


backbiting
ˈbækbaɪtɪŋ
biting
ˈbaɪtɪŋ
copywriting
ˈkɒpɪˌraɪtɪŋ
exciting
ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ
fighting
ˈfaɪtɪŋ
firefighting
ˈfaɪəˌfaɪtɪŋ
handwriting
ˈhændˌraɪtɪŋ
infighting
ˈɪnˌfaɪtɪŋ
inviting
ɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ
kiting
ˈkaɪtɪŋ
lighting
ˈlaɪtɪŋ
moonlighting
ˈmuːnˌlaɪtɪŋ
screenwriting
ˈskriːnraɪtɪŋ
siting
ˈsaɪtɪŋ
songwriting
ˈsɒŋˌraɪtɪŋ
underwriting
ˈʌndəˌraɪtɪŋ
unexciting
ˌʌnɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ
uninviting
ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ
whiting
ˈwaɪtɪŋ
writing
ˈraɪtɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SIGHTING

sight bill
sight draft
sight gag
sight unseen
sight-read
sight-reader
sight-reading
sightable
sighted
sighter
sightless
sightlessly
sightlessness
sightlier
sightliest
sightline
sightliness
sightly
sights
sightsaw

WORDS THAT END LIKE SIGHTING

accounting
bullfighting
cage fighting
crime fighting
crime-fighting
direct lighting
extreme fighting
floodlighting
gas lighting
indirect lighting
overhead lighting
slighting
street fighting
street lighting
strip lighting
strobe lighting
track lighting
UFO sighting
wall lighting
weighting
yachting

Synonyms and antonyms of sighting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SIGHTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «sighting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of sighting

Translation of «sighting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SIGHTING

Find out the translation of sighting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sighting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sighting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

见到
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

avistamiento
570 millions of speakers

English

sighting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

देखा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رؤية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прицельная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ocasião em que se avista algo (geralmente raro ou especial)
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দেখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cas
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penglihatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sichten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

目撃
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

목격
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nonton
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhìn thấy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உருவகம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

देखावा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

nişan alma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avvistamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obserwacji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прицільна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reperare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρατήρηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waarneming
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

observation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sighting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sighting

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SIGHTING»

The term «sighting» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.606 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SIGHTING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sighting

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QUOTES WITH «SIGHTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sighting.
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John Lahr
Dame Edna is that rarest sighting in our time of the absolute comic, an inspired personification of caprice whose comedy answered the primal call to take the audience for a tumble.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SIGHTING»

Discover the use of sighting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sighting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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March of the Microbes: Sighting the Unseen
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title Renowned microbiologist John Ingraham rescues the supremely important and ubiquitous microorganisms from their unwonted obscurity by showing us how we can, in fact, see and appreciate them.
John L. Ingraham, 2012
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The Art of Teaching Art : A Guide for Teaching and Learning ...
Your sighting stick should be straight.I discourage the use of a drawing pencil as a sighting stick simply because the thickness of the pencil often obscures information when sighting.The more slender the tool, the less it interferes with ...
Deborah A. Rockman Professor of Art in the Foundation and Fine Arts Department Kendall College of Art and Design, 2000
3
Keys to Drawing
Sighting — a tool for measuring By holding your drawing tool in front of you and sighting along it, you have a valuable aid to accurate proportions. The procedure is this: grasp your pencil between your thumb and first two fingers so that most of  ...
Bert Dodson, 1985
4
Precision Shooting: The Trapshooter's Bible
This is called "back-sighting" and it is essential to use in handicap trapshooting. If you're not back-sighting the sight bead to the target you'll never gain precision accuracy and consistency. You'll be shooting with the eyes only, which is ...
James Russell, 1998
5
Sighting
Sighting Feeling All-American, Tiang shifted the car into park and pulled up the emergency brake. Leaning against the seat belt, he stretched his neck forward and peered out at the campsite. A half circle of pine trees surrounded the clearing  ...
Iris Chi Hsieh, 2007
6
A Mysterious Sighting
Up. north. Samantha and her mother Annie were driving through small towns on their way up to their family's country home. A sudden thunderstorm had come rolling in with spectacular lightening that lit up a pathway through the dense woods ...
Michella Wyshengrad, 2010
7
Caesarean Moon Births: Calculations, Moon Sighting, and the ...
reason, in a number of hadith that have the status of infallible (mutawātir) and are thus on par with the legislative authorityof any verse inthe Qur'an, the Prophet commandedMuslims tobase their month on the physical sighting of the new moon ...
Hamza Yusuf, 2014
8
SIGHTING and other poems of faith
SIGHTING: EASTER,. 1983. (for George 'Fish' Alphonse) Love took upon Himself impurities to cleanse our love from our impurities. The present can bless the past. i. Death has come to these: Walter Rodney, Guyana, 1942-1980. Patriot.
John Robert Lee, 2013
9
Unit maintenance repair parts and special tools list for ...
(1) <2) (3) (4) ITEM SMR PART NO CODE FSCM NUMBER (5) DESCRIPTION AND USABLE ON CODES (UOC) GROUP 18 SIGHTING AND FIRE CONTROL MATERIAL FIGURE 61 SIGHTING AND FIRE CONTROL MATERIAL TELESCOPE.
United States. Dept. of the Army, 1990
10
Sighting, Citing, Siting: Crossfiring/Mama Wetotan : ...
Crossfiring/Mama Wetotan : Theorising Practice Kathleen Irwin, Rory MacDonald. The mythical Prometheus, who brought fire to humanity, has inspired centuries of poets, storytellers and dramatists. According to Karl Marx, Prometheus is the ...
Kathleen Irwin, Rory MacDonald, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SIGHTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sighting is used in the context of the following news items.
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Milwaukee Lion Sighting: Police Close Streets in North of City
MILWAUKEE — Police closed off streets near a park in north Milwaukee on Saturday night after reports of a "lion-like animal," which came days after people said ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
2
Manatee sighting draws curious to Delaware marina
WILMINGTON, Del. — Curiosity was piqued at a Delaware marina Friday – a day after a manatee was spotted in its waters near the Chesapeake & Delaware ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
3
Shark sighting temporarily evacuates NY beach
Marta Kane, a spokeswoman for the town of Oyster Bay, told Newsday that authorities received a call reporting the shark sighting at 11:49 a.m. local time. «Fox News, Jul 15»
4
Dog Shot in Milwaukee Following Reports of Lion Sighting
A dog in Milwaukee was expected to make a full recovery after being shot in apparent mistake for a lion reported to have been prowling city streets, authorities ... «NBCNews.com, Jul 15»
5
Moon sighting committee announces when Eid begins
Muscat: The Shawwal Moon sighting Committee has received no reports confirming the sighting of Shawwal crescent, therefore it concluded that Friday will be ... «Times of Oman, Jul 15»
6
Four mountain lion sightings reported in SF
SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Four mountain lion sightings have been reported around San Francisco within a week, according to San Francisco Animal Control. «KRON4.com, Jul 15»
7
Great white shark spotted off Cape Cod; first sighting of 2015 season
The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy is reporting the first sighting of a great white shark off the coast of Cape Cod. June 22, 2015. (Courtesy: Atlantic White ... «MassLive.com, Jun 15»
8
Prison break: Police converge on southwestern NY county
A law enforcement source briefed on the prisoner investigation told CNN there was a credible sighting of the escapees near the town of Friendship, just north of ... «CNN, Jun 15»
9
Mountain lion caught in San Mateo neighborhood safely released …
At 4:30 a.m. Monday morning, police received the first report of a sighting near the corner of Avila Road and S. El Camino Real. Officers said they saw what ... «abc7news.com, May 15»
10
Drone sighting near Manchester Airport diverts flights
Flights were diverted for a short time at Manchester Airport after a drone was spotted close to the flight path. The police helicopter was scrambled at about 11:20 ... «BBC News, Apr 15»

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