far-sightn.
/ˈfɑːsʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈfɑrˌsaɪt/ Ability to see far. Also attributive and figurative.
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long sight1737
farness1883
far-sight1887
1887 Christian Union 12 May 22/1 With keen far-sight, with indomitable energy.
1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 15 June 2/2 A far-sight machine, by means of which he [Edison] hopes to be able to increase the range of vision by hundreds of miles.
1927 V. McNabb Catholic Church & Philos. iii. 117 Anyone who would deny that reason had such insight and far-sight as to discern God.
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