"on sight" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-on sight.ogg Forms: on sights [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} on sight (plural on sights)
  1. (climbing) An ascent of a route without falling, on the first attempt, without having been advised on it or having seen it prior. Categories (topical): Climbing Related terms: on site, on-site, onsite
    Sense id: en-on_sight-en-noun-bdlM90jb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 20 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 75 12 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 11 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 78 12 10 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 62 21 17 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 64 23 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 66 21 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 68 21 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 67 21 12 Topics: climbing, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on sight.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on sight, {{en-PP}} on sight
  1. (idiomatic) Immediately when sighted. Tags: idiomatic Translations (immediately when sighted): gleich (German), sofort (German), unmittelbar (German), beim ersten Anblick (German), auf den ersten Blick (German), a vista (Italian), görür görmez (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-on_sight-en-prep_phrase-huPvJHpJ Disambiguation of 'immediately when sighted': 83 17
  2. (by extension) Immediately something has come to one's attention. Tags: broadly Translations (when it comes to one's attention): à vue (French), gleich (German), sofort (German), unmittelbar (German)
    Sense id: en-on_sight-en-prep_phrase-1E8oy2dI Disambiguation of "when it comes to one's attention": 29 71

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