Akademik

farsightedness

noun

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

• Syn: ↑presbyopia

• Derivationally related forms: ↑presbyopic (for: ↑presbyopia)

• Hypernyms: ↑hyperopia, ↑hypermetropia, ↑hypermetropy, ↑longsightedness

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

• Syn: ↑hyperopia, ↑hypermetropia, ↑hypermetropy, ↑longsightedness

• Ant: ↑myopia (for: ↑hyperopia)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑longsighted (for: ↑longsightedness), ↑farsighted, ↑hypermetropic (for: ↑hypermetropy), ↑hypermetropic (for: ↑hypermetropia), ↑hyperopic (for: ↑hyperopia)

• Hypernyms: ↑ametropia

• Hyponyms: ↑presbyopia

3. seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing

• Syn: ↑prevision, ↑foresight, ↑prospicience

• Derivationally related forms: ↑prospicient (for: ↑prospicience), ↑farsighted, ↑previse (for: ↑prevision)

• Hypernyms: ↑knowing

Useful english dictionary. 2012.