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Adjective: long-sighted
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: farsighted)
  1. Capable of seeing to a great distance
    - eagle-eyed, keen-sighted, farseeing, farsighted
     
  2. (ophthalmology) having abnormal vision, unable to focus sharply on things that are nearby
    - hyperopic, hypermetropic, farsighted [N. Amer]
     
  3. Planning prudently for the future
    "large goals that required long-sighted policies";
    - farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long

See also: presbyopic, provident

Encyclopedia: Long-sighted

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