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sighted

sight·ed
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sahy-tid]
    • /ˈsaɪ tɪd/
    • /ˈsaɪ.tɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sahy-tid]
    • /ˈsaɪ tɪd/

Definitions of sighted word

  • adjective sighted having functional vision; not blind. 1
  • adjective sighted having a particular type of eyesight or perception (used in combination): sharp-sighted; clear-sighted. 1
  • noun sighted the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision. 1
  • noun sighted an act, fact, or instance of seeing. 1
  • noun sighted one's range of vision on some specific occasion: Land is in sight. 1
  • noun sighted a view; glimpse. 1

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Origin of sighted

First appearance:

before 1545
One of the 30% oldest English words
First recorded in 1545-55; sight + -ed3

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sighted

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sighted popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sighted usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sighted

adj sighted

  • discovered — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.

noun sighted

  • glanced — Simple past tense and past participle of glance.
  • glimpsed — a very brief, passing look, sight, or view.
  • glommed — Simple past tense and past participle of glom.
  • kenned — knowledge, understanding, or cognizance; mental perception: an idea beyond one's ken.
  • looked — to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.

Antonyms for sighted

adj sighted

  • amaurotic — partial or total loss of sight, especially in the absence of a gross lesion or injury.
  • blind — Someone who is blind is unable to see because their eyes are damaged.
  • blind as a bat — having extremely poor eyesight
  • dead-end — terminating in a dead end: a dead-end street.
  • imperceptive — not perceptive; lacking perception.

adjective sighted

  • deadend — Alternative spelling of dead-end.

Top questions with sighted

  • what is near sighted?

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