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farseeing

adj

Etymology

Partly from far + seeing; partly from farsee + -ing.

  1. derived from *sekʷ-✻ — “to see, notice”
  2. inherited from *sehwaną✻ — “to see”
  3. inherited from *sehwan✻
  4. inherited from sēon
  5. inherited from seen
  6. suffixed as seeing — “see + ing”
  7. compounded as farseeing — “far + seeing”

Definitions

  1. Having good eyesight

    Having good eyesight; eagle-eyed

  2. Characterized by prudence and foresight

    • Moreover, in view of the lamentable present indecision of the Government in regard to electrification, the large-scale building of diesel power may prove to have been a farseeing move after all.

The neighborhood

Derived

farseeingness

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for farseeing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA