Definitions for sighted

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sighted sight·ed

Spelling: [sahy-tid]

IPA: /ˈsaɪ tɪd/

Sighted is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in sighted (deghist).

Definitions for sighted

noun

1. the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
2. an act, fact, or instance of seeing.
3. one's range of vision on some specific occasion:
4. a view; glimpse.
5. mental perception or regard; judgment.
6. something seen or worth seeing; spectacle:
7. Informal. something unusual, surprising, shocking, or distressing:
8. Commerce. presentation of a bill of exchange: a showing of goods, especially gems, held periodically for wholesalers.
9. Older Use. a multitude; great deal:
10. an observation taken with a surveying, navigating, or other instrument to ascertain an exact position or direction.
11. any of various mechanical or optical viewing devices, as on a firearm or surveying instrument, for aiding the eye in aiming.
12. Obsolete. skill; insight.

Idioms

1. at first sight, at the first glimpse; at once:
2. at sight, immediately upon seeing, especially without referring elsewhere for assurance, further information, etc.: Commerce. on presentation:
3. catch sight of, to get a glimpse of; espy:
4. know by sight, to recognize (a person or thing) seen previously:
5. not by a long sight, Informal. definitely not:
6. on / upon sight, immediately upon seeing:
7. out of sight, beyond one's range of vision. Informal. beyond reason; exceedingly high: Slang. (often used as an interjection) fantastic; marvelous:
8. sight for sore eyes, someone or something whose appearance on the scene is cause for relief or gladness.
9. sight unseen, without previous examination:

adjective

1. having functional vision; not blind.
2. having a particular type of eyesight or perception (used in combination):

verb (used with object)

1. to see, glimpse, notice, or observe:
2. to take a sight or observation of (a stake, coastline, etc.), especially with surveying or navigating instruments.
3. to direct or aim by a sight or sights, as a firearm.
4. to provide with sights or adjust the sights of, as a gun.

verb (used without object)

1. to aim or observe through a sight.
2. to look carefully in a certain direction.

Origin of sighted

First recorded in 1545-55; sight + -ed³

Examples for sighted

We sighted the range and hill seen by my brother, and reached it at sundown.

Jay Z, Leonardo DiCaprio (also in Miami, sighted leaving a club with 20 women), and Owen Wilson are all dedicated art collectors.

In a minute his excited yapping; told that he had sighted his game and was in full chase.

Shooting is permitted only from the allotted spot, from the moment the birds are sighted to the one they disappear.

Finally, only a lifetime or two after he hoped to see it, he sighted the ship again.

The submersible was sighted on July 1, 1915, by a French aeroplane.

He had insisted that morning that the uhlans that they sighted were some of Bazaine's troops.

David, with my husband, Brooke, and I walked the foggy terrain where it had been sighted a few days earlier.

Fascinated, he approached, lifted the gun, sighted it, and - BANG!

He is sighted just off-stage, harried look on his face, occasionally smiling.