farsightedness

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
• 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

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