far-sightedadjective
uk/ˌfɑːˈsaɪ.tɪd/us/ˌfɑːrˈsaɪ.t̬ɪd/far-sighted adjective (WISE)
UK having good judgment about what will be needed in the future and making wise decisions based on this:
Buying those shares was a very far-sighted move - they must be worth ten times their original value now.
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Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- intuit
- intuition
- intuitive
- nasty
- omen
- projection
- prophesy
- prophetic
- psychic
- read sb's mind idiom
- read sb's palm idiom
- read the runes idiom
- scent
- second-guess
- visionary
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Wise and sensible
far-sighted adjective (SEEING)
US UK long-sighted able to see things clearly that are far away but not things that are near you:
I'm so far-sighted, I can't read the newspaper without my glasses.
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Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- (as) blind as a bat idiom
- 20/20 vision
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- Balint's syndrome
- blepharospasm
- blind side
- blindly
- ciliary
- cross-eyed
- dispensing optician
- horn-rimmed
- lorgnette
- nearsighted
- ophthalmologist
- optometrist
- safety glasses
- sightless
- spectacle
- twenty-twenty vision
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