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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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]

3. seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing;
[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]