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sight in

sight in verb: to align the sights of a firearm.

Verb

sight in (third-person singular simple present sights in, present participle sighting in, simple past and past participle sighted in)

  1. To align the sights of a firearm.

Forms of sight in

third-person singular presentsights in
present participlesighting in
past participlesighted in
pastsighted in

Questions about sight in

What does sight in mean?
Sight in means to align the sights of a firearm.
What part of speech is sight in?
Sight in is a verb.
What is the past tense of sight in?
The past tense of sight in is sighted in.

Words near sight in in the dictionary

  1. sight gags
  2. sight glass
  3. sight glasses
  4. sight hound
  5. sight impaired
  6. sight in
  7. sight line
  8. sight radii
  9. sight radius
  10. sight radiuses
  11. sight read

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