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far-sighted

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far·sight·ed or far-sight·ed  (färstd)
adj.
1. Able to see distant objects better than objects at close range; hyperopic.
2. Capable of seeing to a great distance.
3. Planning prudently for the future; foresighted: large goals that required farsighted policies.

farsighted·ly adv.

far-sighted
adj
1. possessing prudence and foresight
2. (Medicine) Med of, relating to, or suffering from hyperopia
3. another word for long-sighted
far-sightedly  adv
far-sightedness  n
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far-sighted
adjective prudent, acute, wise, cautious, sage, shrewd, discerning, canny, provident, judicious, prescient, far-seeing, politic The decision was described as a far-sighted, significant step.
Translations
far-sighted [ˈfɑːˈsaɪtɪd] ADJ
1. (US) (Med) → hipermétrope
2. (fig) [person] → clarividente; [plan, decision, measure] → con visión de futuro
far-sighted [ˌfɑːˈsaɪtɪd] adj
a. (person) → previdente, lungimirante; (plan, decision, measure) → lungimirante
b. (Am) (long-sighted) → presbite

far-sighted [ˌfɑːˈsaɪtɪd] adj
a. (person) → previdente, lungimirante; (plan, decision, measure) → lungimirante
b. (Am) (long-sighted) → presbite


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Now the Delawares nam'd me for my eyes, and I was called after the far-sighted hawk.
He joined company with the Moriscoes who were going forth from other villages, for he knew their language very well, and on the voyage he struck up a friendship with my two uncles who were carrying me with them; for my father, like a wise and far-sighted man, as soon as he heard the first edict for our expulsion, quitted the village and departed in quest of some refuge for us abroad.
A no less far-sighted cunning distinguished his proceedings in answering the advertisements which the lawyers duly inserted in the newspaper.
 
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