farsighted

farsighted
/fahr"suy"tid, -suy'tid/, adj.
1. seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
2. seeing to a great distance.
3. wise, as in foreseeing future developments: a farsighted statesman.
[1635-45; FAR + SIGHT + -ED3]
Syn. 3. foresighted, farseeing, prescient, discerning, prudent, perspicacious.

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