farsighted
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈfɑːrˌsaɪtɪd/
:
previsor
- Her farsighted approach to budgeting ensured that the family would be financially secure in the future.
- farsighted leaders
Examples
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As the negotiations proceeded, Cambodia made a series of farsighted and substantial commitments in the service sector to ensure that efficient, competitive services would be available to support industrial development and agriculture.
Academic text (2008) -
This is really bad news for things like thorough, farsighted work, play and long term love relationships.
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Not all have been so lucky or so farsighted.
Academic text (1998) -
Many farsighted leaders in the developing world want to avoid repeating Western mistakes.
Academic text (2002) -
I can only wonder what the farsighted Frenchman would say today.
Blog text (27) -
- My client is a farsighted and progressive man, Mr. Silverdale.
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In turn, the new strategy projects one of the most ambitious and farsighted restructuring programs in Europe.
Academic text (2002) -
In recent months, however, the administration appears to be edging toward a more farsighted stance.
Academic text (1990) -
But gradually, farsighted French and German leaders cultivated a political reconciliation.
Academic text (2009) -
Farsighted academics have long argued that global capital mobility will eventually demand broader currency zones.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
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6.2
Being careful and thinking ahead when you make decisions
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8.9
Knowing about things before they happen
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6.5
To plan ahead to meet future needs and avoid problems
Able to think about and plan for the future
To plan carefully for the future
Able to think ahead and plan for the future
Able to plan ahead to avoid future problems
Careful when planning ahead to avoid problems
Prepared for the future by planning or saving
Organized and ready because you think about steps beforehand
Antonyms
How Farsighted
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6.2
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5.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Farsighted comes from far ('at a distance') and sighted ('seeing'), so it uses the picture of 'seeing far' to mean thinking ahead. That's why a farsighted person or plan is one that prepares for the future.