What does sighted mean?
Definitions for sighted
ˈsaɪ tɪdsight·ed
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word sighted.
Princeton's WordNet
sightedadjective
able to see
Wiktionary
sightedadjective
Not blind
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Sightedadjective
Seeing in a particular manner: It is used only in composition, as quicksighted, shortsighted.
Etymology: from sight.
As they might, to avoid the weather, pull the joints of the coach up close, so they might put each end down, and remain as discovered and open sighted as on horseback. Philip Sidney.
The king was very quick sighted in discerning difficulties, and raising objections, and very slow in mastering them. Edward Hyde.
ChatGPT
sighted
Sighted generally refers to the ability to see or having functional vision. It is often used to distinguish individuals who have a normal sense of vision from those who are visually impaired or blind. In another context, it can also refer to having seen or observed something.
Webster Dictionary
Sighted
of Sight
Sightedadjective
having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, and the like
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Anagrams for sighted »
desight
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sighted in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sighted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of sighted in a Sentence
Our colleague is not trying to conclude an unending discussion that he cannot stop, he’s trying to short-circuit a debate that he cannot win, this is just the kind of short-sighted power grab this body was actually built to stop.
Fear is sharp-sighted, and can see things under ground, and much more in the skies.
I think human nature is to overreact, personally. It's sort of short-sighted and you just see the feeling that you have at the moment, right now, what is it, best three out of five now ? We went from best four out of seven -- now, it's best three out of five.
If someone is going to run in a district like this based off of one vote on a person that lost the district, everyone who supports that type of mentality has literally given up the opportunity to win a seat and put someone in a spot that could actually fight for them and do what's right for the district, if their only issue is one vote, that's a pretty short-sighted mentality.
When I was a prosecutor, the law behind possession was a felony, we would use the hammer under the law of a felony. We would force someone into treatment and upon successful treatment, the felony would be dismissed. Now look what we have as a result of ridiculous short-sighted liberalization of drug use.
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