sighted English

Meaning sighted meaning

What does sighted mean?

sighted

— adjective able to see

Synonyms sighted synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as sighted?

sighted English » English

seeing

noticed

eyed

Topics sighted topics

What do people use sighted to talk about?

Person Healthy Disabled

Poor eyesight

• What words describe someone who cannot see well?
  near-sighted far-sighted as blind as a bat partially blind have poor eyesight astigmatism color-blind cross-eyed

Person Sense, perceive

See

• What words describe how well a person can see?
  blind astigmatism clear-eyed clear-sighted cross-eyed eyesight good eyesight poor eyesight farsighted lynx-eyed myopia myopic nearsighted purblind sightless visionless

Examples sighted examples

How do I use sighted in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The idea that reading makes you short-sighted has been popular for a couple of hundred years.

It was very far-sighted for that company to change its policy to accommodate the decrease in numbers of children and the aging of society.

I am near-sighted, so I cannot make out what is written on that signboard.

We suddenly sighted a school of fish.

Movie subtitles

Short-sighted.

You may be near-sighted, but you can't be deaf-and-dumb as well.

Have we sighted the island?

They've sighted us, all right.

Has Satterthwaite been sighted?

Tanker wreckage sighted at position 2 cast 7.

Periscope sighted directly astern!

Aircraft sighted.

TELL THEM WE'VE SIGHTED A JAP TASK FORCE HEADED SOUTH.

Lookout station reports Natividad sighted, sir.

They've just sighted our squadron. Good for Leighton!

Gentlemen, the biggest Jap convoy ever sighted is heading down the slot.

Every gun sighted at the waterline.

Every gun sighted at the waterline!

Squadron sighted!

Land sighted, Port Royal!

I have sighted Port Royal!

Short sighted fools, they are. I'm sorry, sir.

He sailed yesterday, sir, when your ship was sighted.

I mind the time your father, may his soul be peaceful, dropped a quarter down a crack, and it wasn't an hour till a near-sighted man gave him a five-dollar gold piece instead of a nickel in paying his fare.

Have you sighted anyone on the boat yet?

Now the glare must be visible even to the short-sighted leaders of your bewildered government.

A lot of caution and patience is necessary in order to deceive these cagey and sharp sighted gigantic birds so that they won't notice the presence of the birdwatchers.

Tanker wreckage sighted at position 2 cast 7. What ship is that?

We had a teacher once who was a real dandy.. he was also near sighted.

Less than an hour ago, the girl and her companion, Steve Collins, were sighted by an army air squadron when the pair flashed a distress signal skyward by mirror.

Gentlemen, our interests are about to be severely jeopardized. by the short-sighted policy of some countries.

On this day we sighted a small herd.

This is lizeki. It's been sighted at other locations?

It was sighted in Peking at 11:00 AM, then sighted in Manila at 11:20 AM, both Japan time.

We have sighted a second Rodan!

Maybe she was far-sighted!

Now, where I sighted the UFO.

Everywhere in the world, wherever the bird has been sighted, just on the off chance that there might be more eggs, so they can be found and destroyed.

The bird's been sighted heading for New York City.

News and current affairs

We urgently need far-sighted companies to join the Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

China's leadership needs to be even more far-sighted than Obama is.

Sadly, North Korea has not received such far-sighted statesmanship.

The agreements that emerged in 1992 at the first Rio summit were good ones: thoughtful, far-sighted, public-spirited, and focused on global priorities.

Ben Bernanke is, I think, a very good choice for Fed chair because he is so intelligent, honest, pragmatic, and clear-sighted in his vision of the economy.

The United States has developed many new low-carbon energy technologies, but other countries are currently far more intent, far-sighted, and decisive than the US to put these technologies to large-scale use.

During the Cold War, the United States not only pursued far-sighted policies like the Marshall Plan, but also represented freedom and democracy.

Second, this poor performance shows how short-sighted the international community can be.

But it underscores that decisions about what to delegate to the EU are often the result of short-sighted conflicts between national and European bureaucracies rather than the product of a carefully thought-out institutional design.

Those far-sighted Europeans who set Europe on its road to peace through unification deserve our heartfelt appreciation.

The EU was brought into existence by a process of piecemeal social engineering - the method Popper considered appropriate to an open society - directed by a far-sighted, purposeful elite who recognized that perfection is unattainable.

As the example of Greece has shown, they will do only what short-sighted electoral politics demands.

And price volatility, whether triggered by drought or short-sighted national policies, could deter investments in agriculture and decrease the poor's purchasing power.

Short-sighted responses by politicians - who hope to get by with a deal that is small enough to please taxpayers and large enough to please the banks - will only prolong the problem.

The US is still in a position to lead the world, but, without far-sighted leadership, its relative position is likely to continue to erode.

Abandoning austerity out of fear that financial markets might be short-sighted would only postpone the day of reckoning, because debt ratios would increase in the long run.

After the sub-prime mortgage crisis, politicians alleged that the market was short-sighted and irrational, and rushed to propose new regulations.

There is still time to react - by demonstrating strong leadership and prioritizing growth over short-sighted policies - but that time is limited and the clock is ticking.

The world would no doubt be a safer place, and the power that had helped to impose such inspections would be praised for its far-sighted statesmanship.

In this confrontation, international credibility and legitimacy will be the deciding factors, and ensuring them will require far-sighted and cool, calculated American leadership.

Isolationism, whether in Japan or the UK, is not only a short-sighted choice; especially for Japan, it may also be a perilous one, given the rise of China next door.

Netanyahu's short-sighted reluctance to give up settlements and occupied territory threatens Israel's long-term interest to reach a fair settlement with the Palestinians.