longsighted


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Adj.1.longsighted - capable of seeing to a great distance
farsighted, presbyopic - able to see distant objects clearly
2.longsighted - planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
provident - providing carefully for the future; "wild squirrels are provident"; "a provident father plans for his children's education"
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High heads expose themselves from afar, and the cardinal is longsighted."
Toric lenses are designed to correct for shortsighted and longsighted prescriptions as well as astigmatism.
They are available for people who are shortsighted, longsighted or have astigmatism, and come in packages of 30 or 90 lenses.
the officer corps and soldiers, who have trained or indoctrinated to fight against the search and destroy missions [would] be competent, cross-culturally well equipped, innovative, and longsighted enough to unchain themselves from their institutional indoctrination of appraising each case in the theater through the lenses of this conventional wisdom." (p.
Vince Jones, from the centre, said: "They use chimney pots as vantage points, but owls are longsighted and sometimes don't realise that if they fall, they can get stuck."
On the other hand, a longsighted investor will have more to gain this year.
"Policy makers need to take into consideration behavioural responses to changes in the cost of disease, and implement strategies that are holistic and longsighted.