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FARSIGHTEDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
Synonyms:
farsightedness; foresight; prevision; prospicience
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("farsightedness" is a kind of...):
knowing (a clear and certain mental apprehension)
Derivation:
farsighted (planning prudently for the future)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects
Synonyms:
farsightedness; hypermetropia; hypermetropy; hyperopia; longsightedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("farsightedness" is a kind of...):
ametropia ((ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "farsightedness"):
farsightedness; presbyopia (a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45)
Derivation:
farsighted (able to see distant objects clearly)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45
Synonyms:
farsightedness; presbyopia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("farsightedness" is a kind of...):
farsightedness; hypermetropia; hypermetropy; hyperopia; longsightedness (abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects)
