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Definition: Sighting |
SightingNoun1. The act of observing; "several sightings of enemy troops were reported". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sighting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
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Industry | Temporary coloration of textile materials either for visual identification of a particular fibre or quality or to enable the printer to see the pattern when applying colourless substances. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Screenplays | Ooh, a lesbian sighting. They're so fascinating, why is that (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) | |
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 | Sextometer invented by Carl Aslakson Known distance between sighting points Sextant angle varies with distance. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Plate V, Figures 68 and 73. In: "Traite de topographie, d'arpentage et de nivellement" 1807, by Louis Puissant. NOAA Central Library Call No. TA545 .P9 1807. A sighting instrument with accompanying targets. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | Photographed in 1911 by O.W. Waterman, Hampton, Virginia. She is flying a Rear Admiral's flag from her mainmast, and has practice gun sighting equipment installed atop her gun turrets. Credit: NAVY. |  | Underway during battle practice, circa 1921. Note sighting target mounted above her stern; all guns trained out on the port beam; heavy coal smoke. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Loading drill on one of the ship's 5"/51 secondary battery guns, 1915. Note projectile, bagged powder charge, rammer, opened gun breech mechanism, sighting telescope on left side of gun, and telephone "talker" standing near the gun. Also note that one of the guncrewmen has bare feet. Credit: NAVY. |  | Pvt. James Newbrough of Monument, Colorado, probably saved his battalion when Japs tried a frontal assault. Sighting his machine gun ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Science and research. Studies of non-coking coals. V.F. Parry, supervising engineer of the Golden, Colorado field station of the U.S. Bureau of Mines is "sighting a coke bubble." This procedure is used to determine if a given coke has changed its properti. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sighting a circular saw blade at country sawmill near Omaha, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Surveyor. Sighting. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | Fatwas can include the decision as to when a holiday is to begin based upon the sighting of the moon, or an opinion on a religious issue. (references) |
Human Rights | Indonesia | The commander reportedly disappeared; however, NGO's reported a subsequent sighting of him in the company of other military officials. (references) |
Travel | Cote D'ivoire | These holidays vary from country to country and depend on the sighting of the moon. (references) |
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| "Sighting" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 72.64% of the time. "Sighting" is used about 106 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 72.64% | 77 | 37,929 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 24.53% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.89% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 0.94% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 106 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sighting": bomb sighting systems ♦ sighting angle ♦ sighting shot ♦ sighting telescope ♦ telescopic sighting alidate. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "sighting": sighting-in. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "sighting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 看见 (out-of-sight, SEE, seeing, seen, sighted). (various references) | |
Danish | signierfarvning. (various references) | |
Dutch | signeren. (various references) | |
Finnish | tähtäys (aiming). (various references) | |
French | teinture provisoire. (various references) | |
German | sichtend. (various references) | |
Greek | βαφή ταυτότητας, υδροβαφή, εντοπισμός (locating, positioning). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megfigyelés (lookout, monitoring, observation, perception, watch), irányzó berendezés, irányzék (hindsight, tangent scale, tangent-sight), célbavétel, észlelés (cognition, cognizance, detection, location, observation, perception, pick up). (various references) | |
Italian | marcare (brand, emphasize, mark, prick, score, stamp, stress), avvistamento. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 照準器 (sighting device, sights). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | しょうじゅ"き (sighting device, sights). (various references) | |
Korean | 봄 (looking, seeing, spring, Springs, Vernal, Watching). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ightingsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | tinto fugaz. (various references) | |
Russian | обнаружение (detection, disclosure, finding, spotting). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | viđenje, posmatranje (contemplation, observation, watching), nišanjenje (aim, targeting). (various references) | |
Spanish | teñido fugaz, observación (comment, diagnosis, investigation, keeping, lieu, look out, note, observation, remark). (various references) | |
Swedish | siktinstrument (aiming device, sighting device), taklod (roof plummet, upward sighting plummet). (various references) | |
Turkish | nişan alma (aim). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | виявлення (detection, discovery, eduction, loose, outcrop, signification, spotting), наводка (aiming). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | phát bắn thử (sighting shot). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sighting": sightings. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sighting": resighting, unsighting. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sighting" (pronounced sī"ting) |
| 5 | s ī" t i ng | citing, exciting, inciting, reciting, siting, unexciting. |
| 4 | -ī" t i ng | biting, delighting, fighting, igniting, indicting, inviting, kiting, lighting, nonbiting, reigniting, reuniting, rewriting, slighting, underwriting, uninviting, uniting, whiting, writing. |
| 3 | -t i ng | annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, adjusting, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, arresting, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, assisting, associating, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, casting, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, clotting, coagulating, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, composting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consisting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delineating, delisting, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disgusting, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, dusting, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, everlasting, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, existing, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingesting, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, investing, invigorating, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, laminating, lasting, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, limiting, liquidating, listing, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, lusting, malting, mandating, manifesting, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, nesting, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, posting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, readjusting, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, recasting, reciprocating, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, rusting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, simulating, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, toasting, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, undulating, uninteresting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-g-h-i-i-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: histing, insight, sighing. | |
-2 letters: nights, siting, things. | |
-3 letters: hints, intis, nighs, night, sight, sting, thing, thins, tings. | |
-4 letters: ghis, gigs, gins, gist, gits, hins, hint, hisn, hist, hits, inti, nigh, nisi, nits, shin, sigh, sign, sing, sinh, sith, snit, thin, this, ting, tins. | |
-5 letters: ghi, gig, gin, git, hin, his, hit, ins, its, nit, nth. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-g-h-i-i-n-s-t" | |
+1 letter: fightings, lightings, sightings, slighting. | |
+2 letters: lightnings, resighting, unsighting. | |
+3 letters: gunsmithing, infightings, mislighting, rightsizing, sightseeing, slightingly, straighting. | |
+4 letters: daylightings, ghostwriting, gunsmithings, hamstringing, ingatherings, nightingales, spotlighting, thanksgiving, theologising, thingamajigs, thingumajigs. | |
+5 letters: bullfightings, cockfightings, extinguishing, firefightings, straightening, thanksgivings. | |
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