"onsight" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: on + sight Etymology templates: {{compound|en|on|sight}} on + sight Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} onsight (not comparable)
  1. (climbing) Without having previously seen the terrain. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Climbing
    Sense id: en-onsight-en-adj-4~Pny~1n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Verb [English]

Forms: onsights [present, singular, third-person], onsighting [participle, present], onsighted [participle, past], onsighted [past]
Etymology: on + sight Etymology templates: {{compound|en|on|sight}} on + sight Head templates: {{en-verb}} onsight (third-person singular simple present onsights, present participle onsighting, simple past and past participle onsighted)
  1. (climbing, transitive) To perform a climb without having previously seen the terrain. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Climbing
    Sense id: en-onsight-en-verb-TTrN65gb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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