how to pronounce sighting

/ˈsaɪtɪŋ/

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sighting is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of sighting in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… buddies sighting is not entirely the …”

meanings of sighting

noun:

The act of catching sight of something, especially something searched for.

verb:

Present participle of sight.

sighting frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word sighting occurs in english on average 2.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sighting can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sighting can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;