Farsighted

Word FARSIGHTED
Character 10
Hyphenation far sight ed
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Farsighted"

What do we mean by farsighted?

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. adjective

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.

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

Hypermetropic. adjective

Being unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic. adjective

Being considerate about the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation. adjective

Able to see distant objects clearly adjective

Planning prudently for the future adjective

Unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic.

Considering the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Farsighted

The word "farsighted" in example sentences

These people are not "farsighted" but criminally shortsighted. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. " ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Tester bill specifically eliminates from mandated protection large portions of the late Senator Lee Metcalf's wildlands legacy, Congressionally designated as Wilderness Study Areas in 1977 by his farsighted bill, S. 393. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As the work of the Committee to Re-elect Putin to the presidency of the Russian Federation gets under way, we would like to take this opportunity to thank the generous and farsighted individuals who have made this political moment possible. ❋ Bret Stephens (2011)

A few farsighted Jewish people realize this and stand opposed to intervention. ❋ Unknown (2010)

We've had successful, farsighted policy reforms that also dealt with pressing short-run issues. ❋ Michael J. Boskin (2011)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In the heyday of liberal optimism during the Clinton years, it was easy to point to the most attractive forces driving globalization forward: new technologies, the spread of political freedom, the power of market economics, the creation of common interests between nations, even the wisdom of farsighted politicians. ❋ Gideon Rachman (2011)

The commercial jet came of age in Seattle, yet when Bill Ayer quotes another Buffettism at a business conference here—"If a farsighted capitalist had been present at Kitty Hawk, he would have done his successors a huge favor by shooting Orville down"—the audience erupts in laughter. ❋ Matthew Kaminski (2012)

The more farsighted of the Palestinians no doubt realize this, which is why they have to keep the issue alive. john says: ❋ Unknown (2010)

The United States economy (for some fortunate or farsighted people but not most others) has begun to recover: stock indexes are rising, certain economic sectors are beginning to stir, people in need are increasingly using New Media to make their plights known to us all. ❋ Richard Walden (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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. ❋ Col. Matthew Moten (2011)

Devout and unforgiving, inexhaustible and chronically unwell, the farsighted and exacting Florence Nightingale famously gnawed her way through the barriers that kept genteel Victorian women trapped “in a meaningless round of trivial occupations” in order to promote her vision of a modern public health-care system. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Expecting him to be more morally farsighted than his time is not unreasonable. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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