sighted

American  

[sahy-tid] / ˈsaɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. having functional vision; not blind.

2. having a particular type of eyesight or perception (used in combination).

   sharp-sighted; clear-sighted.

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sighted British  

/ ˈsaɪtɪd /

adjective

1. possessing the ability to see

2. (in combination) having sight of a specified kind

   short-sighted

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Other Word Forms

• half-sighted adjective
• half-sightedly adverb
• half-sightedness noun
• undersighted adjective
• unsighted adjective

Etymology

Origin of sighted

First recorded in 1545–55; sight + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Eid al-Fitr, which means "the festival of the breaking of the fast", begins when a new moon is sighted in the evening sky.

From BBC

Petrou had no problem “passing” for sighted, as she put it, into her 30s: “I just lied a lot. I said everywhere I went, ‘I lost my contact lenses.’

From The Wall Street Journal

After he was thawed out, Katchatag told us that my father had been sighted.

From Literature

Features can include translating text, or responding to questions about what the user is looking at - a particularly useful feature for those who are blind or partially sighted.

From BBC

I think it’s so short sighted of these guys to get into it for that reason.

From The Wall Street Journal