sighted

adjective

sight·​ed ˈsī-təd How to pronounce sighted (audio)
Synonyms of sightednext
: having sight
clear-sighted
a sighted person

Examples of sighted in a Sentence

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Candelora advocates a sale and calls legislative opponents short sighted. Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 23 Feb. 2026 One of its members was convicted of ordering Levin’s murder, but thereafter Levin, or someone resembling him, was sighted hither and yon, on a Greek island, at a funeral [not his own], and behind the wheel of a brown Mercedes in LA. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026 And at that point, ushered into the floating mists of non-consensus with murmurings of political unease regarding content or intellectual befuddlement regarding style, the briefly sighted, singular beast of language vanishes from the visible landscape. Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026 Initially, McLaughlin thought the theory was short-sighted. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sighted

Word History

First Known Use

1552, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sighted was in 1552

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“Sighted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sighted. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.

Kids Definition

sighted

adjective
sight·​ed ˈsīt-əd How to pronounce sighted (audio)
: having sight
clear-sighted

Medical Definition

sighted

adjective
sight·​ed ˈsīt-əd How to pronounce sighted (audio)
: having sight : not blind

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