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adjective

Farsighted adj.

Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.

(Med.) Hypermetropic.

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Etymology of 'Farsighted'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Farsighted" Quotes from Famous Books

... in the state both of Scotland and of Ireland which might well excite the painful apprehensions of a farsighted statesman. As yet, however, there was the appearance of tranquillity. For the first time all the British isles were peaceably ...

— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 1 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... Farsighted, energetic, resourceful men (and women), using mass productive energy, built themselves castles, built their priests temples and mobilized serfs, war captives and slaves who worked in gangs for generations and centuries to assemble the raw materials, construct and decorate ...

— Civilization and Beyond - Learning From History • Scott Nearing

... bore to the bluff, and alighted - A dim-discerned train Of sprites without mould, Frameless souls none might touch or might hold - On the ledge by the turreted lantern, farsighted By men ...

— Poems of the Past and the Present • Thomas Hardy

... John is an experienced traveler, while you are not," declared Patsy. "In all our journeys together I've found him full of resources and very farsighted. This trip doesn't worry ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John • Edith Van Dyne

... writing, in great demand among the members of the younger army set. Those who were farsighted enough to procure the heavy black variety when it was issued last fall are counting themselves more fortunate than their friends who chose the lighter, but ...

— The Stars & Stripes, Vol 1, No 1, February 8, 1918, - The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919 • American Expeditionary Forces

Words linked to "Farsighted" : longsighted, hyperopic, foresightful, telescopic, keen-sighted, nearsighted, farseeing, eagle-eyed, hypermetropic, foresighted, farsightedness, prospicient