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Farseeing

adjective
1.
Capable of seeing to a great distance.  Synonyms: eagle-eyed, keen-sighted, longsighted.
2.
Planning prudently for the future.  Synonyms: farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient.  "Took a long view of the geopolitical issues"





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"Farseeing" Quotes from Famous Books



... jewels; she wore velvet and satin and lace every day; she was a great lady, and had a house like a palace. Laure herself did not say so much. In her secret heart, Mere Giraud often longed for more, but she was a discreet and farseeing woman. ...
— Mere Girauds Little Daughter • Frances Hodgson Burnett
... keep clearly and constantly in mind the difference between fact and opinion. The opinions of a great scholar and of a farseeing statesman may be based on fact; but not being fact they contain some element of inference, which is never as certain. When we come to the next chapter we shall consider this difference more closely. In the meantime it is worth while to urge the importance of cultivating scruples on the subject ...
— The Making of Arguments • J. H. Gardiner


Words linked to "Farseeing" :   provident, presbyopic


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