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farsightedness

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The quality of being considerate regarding events that may occur in the future.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vision

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prevision, foresight, prospicience

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: knowing

4

noun

Meaning 4

abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, longsightedness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ametropia

Narrower terms: presbyopia, farsightedness

5

noun

Meaning 5

a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: presbyopia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hyperopia, hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness, longsightedness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English farsighted Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English farsightedness From farsighted + -ness.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: versiendheid — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Afrikaans: hipermetropie — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Arabic: مَدَّ النَّظَرِ (madda n-naẓari) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Armenian: հեռատեսություն (heṙatesutʻyun) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Azerbaijani: uzaqgörənlik — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Basque: hipermetropia — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Belarusian: дальназоркасць (dalʹnazórkascʹ) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Belarusian: гіперметрапія (hipjermjetrapija) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Bengali: দূরদৃষ্টি (durodriśṭi) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Bulgarian: далекогледство (dalekogledstvo) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Catalan: hipermetropia — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遠視 /远视 (yuǎnshì) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遠視眼 /远视眼 (yuǎnshìyǎn) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Czech: dalekozrakost — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Danish: langsynethed — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Dutch: verziendheid — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Esperanto: hipermetropio — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Estonian: kaugelenägevus — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Finnish: kaukonäköisyys — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Finnish: kaukotaittoisuus — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • French: hypermétropie — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Galician: hipermetropía — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Georgian: შორსმხედველობა (šorsmxedveloba) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • German: Weitsichtigkeit — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Greek: υπερμετρωπία (ypermetropía) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Hebrew: רוחק ראייה (róhaq r'iyá) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Hungarian: távollátás — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Hungarian: túllátás — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Icelandic: fjærsýni — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Indonesian: rabun dekat — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Irish: hipearóipe — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Italian: ipermetropia — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Japanese: 遠視 (enshi) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Korean: 원시 (wonsi) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Northern Kurdish: dûrbînî — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Latvian: tālredzība — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Latvian: hipermetropija — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Lithuanian: toliaregystė — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Malay: rabun dekat — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Norwegian: hypermetropi — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Persian: دوربینی (dur-bini) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Polish: nadwzroczność — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Portuguese: hipermetropia — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Romanian: hipermetropie — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Russian: дальнозо́ркость (dalʹnozórkostʹ) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Russian: гиперметропи́я (gipermetropíja) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Serbo-Croatian: далековидност — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Serbo-Croatian: далековидост — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Serbo-Croatian: dalekovidnost — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Serbo-Croatian: dalekovidost — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Slovak: ďalekozrakosť — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Slovene: daljnovidnost — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Spanish: hipermetropía — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Swedish: översynthet — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Swedish: långsynthet — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Swedish: hyperopi — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Swedish: hypermetropi — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Tamil: எட்டப்பார்வை (eṭṭappārvai) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Thai: สายตายาว (sǎai-dtaa-yaao) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Turkish: hipermetropi — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Ukrainian: далекозорість (dalekozoristʹ) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Ukrainian: гіперметропія (hipermetropija) — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Vietnamese: viễn thị — condition of being unable to focus on near objects
  • Azerbaijani: uzaqgörənlik — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Bengali: দূরদর্শী (durdorśi) — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眼光遠大 /眼光远大 (yǎnguāng yuǎndà) — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Chinese Mandarin: 先見之明 /先见之明 (xiānjiànzhīmíng) — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遠見 /远见 (yuǎnjiàn) — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Chinese Mandarin: 洞察力 (dòngchálì) — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Finnish: kaukonäköisyys — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Finnish: kaukokatseisuus — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • German: Weitsichtigkeit — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • German: Weitblick — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • German: Weitsicht — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Hungarian: előrelátás — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Irish: fadbhreathnaitheacht — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Italian: lungimiranza — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Polish: dalekowzroczność — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future
  • Russian: дальнови́дность (dalʹnovídnostʹ) — quality of being considerate about what might happen in the future