Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable)An instance of catching sight of something, especially something searched for.

    There will be a small prize for the first sighting of a seal.

    Sichtung

More definitions
  • the act of observing

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Bear sightings are on the rise.

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  2. The beach was closed due to shark sightings.

    deDer Strand wurde aufgrund der Sichtung von Haien geschlossen.

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  3. We had sightings of leopards recently in the area.

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  4. We had sightings of hyenas recently in the area.

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  5. There were sightings of strange things going on in the national park.

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Translations

3 languages
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By meaning 1
act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for:

Forms

plural: sightings
Singularsighting
Pluralsightings

regular

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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