[syn: prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Farsightedness \Far"sight`ed*ness\, n.
1. Quality of bbeing farsighted.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Med.) Hypermetropia.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
farsightedness
n 1: a reduced ability to focus on near objects caused by loss
of elasticity of the crystalline lens after age 45 [syn:
presbyopia, farsightedness]
2: abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is
better than for near objects [syn: hyperopia,
hypermetropia, hypermetropy, farsightedness,
longsightedness] [ant: myopia, nearsightedness,
shortsightedness]
3: seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing [syn:
prevision, foresight, farsightedness, prospicience]