# sighting

Pronunciation: say "SY-ting" /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/

## Noun

1. An occasion when someone spots something, particularly something people have been searching for.
   - Simple: A moment when you see something you were looking for, often after searching for it.
   - _The rare warbler drew crowds of birdwatchers after its first sighting in decades._
   - _Each confirmed sighting of the comet was logged by observatories around the world._

## Verb

2. Present participle of sight. — present participle and gerund of sight
   - Simple: Present participle of sight. Use this form for seeing or spotting something right now.
   - _Birdwatchers spent the morning sighting rare migrants along the shore._
   - _Sighting the enemy fleet on the horizon, the lookout sounded the alarm._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/sighting (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).