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verb · transitive · rare

onsight

onsight · onsights · onsighted · onsighting

To perform a climb without having previously seen the terrainTo perform a climb without having previously seen the terrain.

Meaning

1 senses

To perform a climb without having previously seen the terrain.

Origin

From on + sight.

From on + sight.

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Forms

onsights, onsighting, onsighted, onsighted

Base form	onsight · to onsight
3rd person singular	onsights
Present participle	onsighting
Past simple	onsighted
Past participle	onsighted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	onsight
he, she, it	onsights

Past simpleLesson

all persons

onsighted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have onsighted
he, she, it	has onsighted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will onsight

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

onset onshore onslaught onstageB1 ontoB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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