Past tense of sight
regular verb
The past tense of sight is sighted. The past participle is also sighted.
Forms of sight
| Base form (V1) | sight /saɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | sighted /ˈsaɪtəd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | sighted /ˈsaɪtəd/ |
| Present participle | sighting /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | sights |
Sighted in a sentence
- Next a point of known elevation, preferably one of the triangulation stations, is sighted; the vertical angle is read and the horizontal distance is scaled from the point of the setup on the map to the point sighted.1912, John Herbert Farrell, Alfred Joseph Moses, Practical Field Geology, page 30
- Jim braced the gun and sighted, tried to pull the trigger.2005 August 2, C. J. Cherryh, The Deep Beyond, Penguin, →ISBN
- A ship was sighted on the port quarter.From the entry on
- HQ to all personnel. The suspect has been sighted downtown.From the entry HQ
- I sighted a row of Normanish buildings.From the entry Normanish
Meaning of sight
- noun The sense or faculty by which objects are perceived through the agency of light; the sense by which we see.
- noun An act, instance, opportunity or possibility of seeing; the perception of objects by the eye; view (see also idiomatic expressions such as in sight, out of sight, catch sight of, etc.).
- noun Something seen.
Questions about the past tense of sight
- What is the past tense of sight?
- The past tense of sight is sighted.
- What is the past participle of sight?
- The past participle of sight is sighted.
- Is sight a regular or irregular verb?
- Sight is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sight (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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