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Meanings of sighted in English

Able to see.

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        Usage of sighted in English
        1
        William was sighted only a few days ago, not far from here.
        Throne of Jade
        2
        We do not have short sighted investors wanting a short term return.
        Radio NZ
        3
        The following day we sighted the church; soon the houses were visible.
        Metlakahtla and the North Pacific Mission of the Church Missiona...
        4
        In the early afternoon, standing upright in the canoe, she sighted Hikueru.
        South Sea Tales
        5
        I hear they've been sighted on the far side of the lake.
        James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
        6
        We sighted the Brunhilda some five hundred miles south of the Carolines.
        The Moon Pool
        7
        Another of Bars' party, Garren, thumped down the companion-way, shouted, 'Ship sighted!'
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        8
        She recently lost her job through Covid-19 and is also partially sighted.
        Radio NZ
        9
        On the way over they had sighted Delight in the new car.
        Dangerous Days
        10
        The captain was sharp-sighted enough to observe the change in her manner.
        The Claverings
        11
        The harbor -small ,low ,anddesolate-was sighted over the gray-blue sea.
        The Memoirs of Cleopatra
        12
        Teaching unions have called the cuts short sighted as our education correspondent.
        BBC
        13
        Would they describe our treatment of the planet as short-sighted and dangerous?
        The Irish Times
        14
        In the course of three days, the land would probably be sighted.
        Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat: A Story of Travel and Ad...
        15
        The objective is sighted and the bomb launched at the critical moment.
        Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War
        16
        One seahorse was even sighted using the hotels in 12 different surveys.
        The South African
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