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Farseeing

adjective
1.
Capable of seeing to a great distance.  Synonyms: eagle-eyed, keen-sighted, longsighted.
2.
Planning prudently for the future.  Synonyms: farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, long, longsighted, prospicient.  "Took a long view of the geopolitical issues"






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"Farseeing" Quotes from Famous Books



... heralded his advent! Had half the treasures an eager father and mother prayed Heaven to grant been bestowed upon the child, he would unquestionably have become an abnormality of health, wealth, and wisdom. But Destiny was too farseeing a goddess to allow her neophyte to be spoiled by prosperity. Both his parents died while Martin was still a pupil at the district school, and the lad, instead of going to the city and pursuing a profession, as had been his ambition, ...
— The Wall Between • Sara Ware Bassett

... intense activity rather than a brief round of pleasure, and hence provide an education for their children that will fit them for the every day demands that duty or necessity may make upon them. Since it is a matter of common observation that wealth is easily dissipated, especially when inherited, farseeing parents prefer an education for their children that is adapted to some useful end rather than the education that is largely ornamental ...
— A Broader Mission for Liberal Education • John Henry Worst



Words linked to "Farseeing" :   presbyopic, eagle-eyed, provident



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