SIGHTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sighted mean? 

• SIGHTED (adjective)
  The adjective SIGHTED has 1 sense:

1. able to see

  Familiarity information: SIGHTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGHTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Able to see

Similar:

argus-eyed; hawk-eyed; keen-sighted; lynx-eyed; quick-sighted; sharp-eyed; sharp-sighted (having very keen vision)

clear-sighted (having sharp clear vision)

seeing (having vision, not blind)

Antonym:

blind (unable to see)

Derivation:

sightedness (normal use of the faculty of vision)

 Context examples 

He was always walking rapidly, and never seemed to see her until quite close, when he would look as if his short-sighted eyes had failed to recognize the approaching lady till that moment.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Well, I was in another ship three years back, and we sighted this island.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Well rubbered at the stock, sharply sighted, five cartridges to the clip.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And it was he who increased the pace when he sighted the she-wolf, now trotting slowly across the snow.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

I would not change you for the clearest-headed, longest-sighted, best-judging female breathing.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Two days of fog, and not a sail sighted. Had hoped when in the English Channel to be able to signal for help or get in somewhere.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

In half-an-hour I sighted the second one, swamped and bottom up, to which were desperately clinging Jock Horner, fat Louis, and Johnson.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The blue whale, which is the largest species at 30 meters long, had a large presence on the Brazilian coast, but nowadays it is rarely sighted.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

Unfortunately for her, she had lost her glasses in the scuffle, and as she was extremely short-sighted she was really helpless without them.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I do not mean to say that I am particularly observant or quick-sighted in general, but in such a case I am sure I could not be deceived.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)