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
Considering Taiwan would only use these planes for defensive purposes, it was a short-sighted blunder on the administration’s part not to sell Taiwan the new planes,” Sean King, vice president of Park Strategies, told The Hill. “We can’t let ourselves be bullied by Beijing. After all, the United States is mainland China’s No. 1 nation-state export market. Beijing needs us more than we sometimes realize.”
This is not just a criminal justice issue, and it is narrow-sighted to say well all we have to do is address what happened on this occasion, have it processed through the criminal justice, it's bigger than that and we need to address that. People are suffering, all people. As I say, everyone is touched by gun violence.
Whenever an opportunity knocks the door, a far sighted and an insightful man always try to follow a correct path with patience and with full consciousness to grab it, that enables and enhances the chance for him to win. On the other hand, ignorant and silly individuals see opportunities as a source for someone else benefits, thus instead of following a path to seek opportunities for themselves, they divert from the course of path and thus fall.
Once drones are sighted over an airfield the authorities have no option but to suspend all flights. If they didn't and it led to a disaster then they would be slated, we've seen nothing on this scale before although Manchester Airport did suspend all flights for a short time back in 2017 after a drone was seen.
We would be operationally and strategically short-sighted not to retain unique amphibious capabilities within the Navy and Marine Corps team.
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