Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Able to see distant objects better than objects at close range; hyperopic.
- adjective Capable of seeing to a great distance.
- adjective Planning prudently for the future; foresighted.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Seeing to a great distance; seeing objects more clearly at a distance than near at hand; hyperopic or presbyopic.
- Looking far before one; considering carefully the probable results of present conduct or action; prescient: as, a far-sighted statesman; far-sighted policy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Seeing to great distance; hence, of good judgment regarding the remote effects of actions; sagacious.
- adjective (Med.) Hypermetropic.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Being unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects;
presbyopic . - adjective Being
considerate about thefuture with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showinganticipation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective able to see distant objects clearly
- adjective planning prudently for the future
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Examples
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These people are not "farsighted" but criminally shortsighted.
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The region, more than any other part of the country, needs that kind of farsighted investment, but instead it is treated to the shortsighted policies of the Southern politicians of the past.
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This is really what I think secretaries of state should be doing, which is a kind of farsighted look into how the United States is going to implement its foreign policy agenda in the 21st century. "
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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A few farsighted Jewish people realize this and stand opposed to intervention.
Think Progress » Virginians Buck Far-Right Policies Of McDonnell And Cuccinelli 2010
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Stuff like this is not going to happen without farsighted technical vision from real scientists in control of the direction of NASA, not just politicians with good connections to the Whitehouse.
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There's a good argument to be made, and Krugman and others are making it, that the President's plans are all well in good but maybe a little too farsighted.
Retooling an economy based on the endless buying and selling of toys and gizmos 2009
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There's a good argument to be made, and Krugman and others are making it, that the President's plans are all well in good but maybe a little too farsighted.
Lance Mannion: 2009
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No group articulated this revisionist interpretation of Desert Storm with greater fervor and persistence than the very same militarists mostly but not exclusively Republicans who in 1991 had cheered President Bush as a courageous and farsighted statesman.
Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011
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The more farsighted of the Palestinians no doubt realize this, which is why they have to keep the issue alive. john says:
Matthew Yglesias » Goldberg: The Middle East Is Complicated and It’s All the Arabs’ Fault 2010
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Expecting him to be more morally farsighted than his time is not unreasonable.
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