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OUT OF SIGHT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does out of sight mean?
• OUT OF SIGHT (adjective)
The adjective OUT OF SIGHT has 1 sense:
1. not accessible to view
Familiarity information: OUT OF SIGHT used as an adjective is very rare.
• OUT OF SIGHT (adverb)
The adverb OUT OF SIGHT has 2 senses:
1. no longer visible
2. quietly in concealment
Familiarity information: OUT OF SIGHT used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not accessible to view
Synonyms:
concealed; hidden; out of sight
Context example:
in stormy weather the stars are out of sight
Similar:
invisible; unseeable (impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye)
Sense 1
Meaning:
No longer visible
Synonyms:
out of sight; out of view
Context example:
the ship disappeared behind the horizon and passed out of sight
Sense 2
Meaning:
Quietly in concealment
Synonyms:
doggo; in hiding; out of sight
Context example:
he lay doggo
Context examples
And then, with a slight bow, turned again into the plantation, and was soon out of sight.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
Van Helsing took some things from his bag and laid them on a little table out of sight.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
It's no more'n fair, seein' I'll be out of sight inside a hundred yards.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
"Nothing but a story, won't amount to much, I guess," returned Jo, carefully keeping the name of the paper out of sight.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I saw I had strayed far from the village: it was quite out of sight.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Into this I rushed, engaged a bicycle, and was able to get started before the carriage was quite out of sight.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The carriage which had brought me was already out of sight.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Next moment we had turned the corner and my home was out of sight.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
When we had regained our places the Lades were round the curve of the hill and out of sight.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The bear ran away quickly, and was soon out of sight behind the trees.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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