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Definition: Farsightedness |
FarsightednessNoun1. Abnormal condition in which vision for distant objects is better than for near objects. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | The common term for hyperopia. (references) |
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Synonyms: FarsightednessSynonyms: hypermetropia (n), hypermetropy (n), hyperopia (n), longsightedness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: myopia (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Farsightedness |
| English words defined with "farsightedness": presbyopia. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Persons with hyperopia, or farsightedness, have more difficulty seeing near objects as clearly as distant objects. (references) | |
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| "Farsightedness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Farsightedness" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
farsightedness | 45 |
farsightedness manhattan | 4 |
city farsightedness new york | 4 |
farsightedness island long | 3 |
farsightedness new york | 3 |
farsightedness in child | 2 |
eye farsightedness laser surgery | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "farsightedness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | prozíravost (acumen, foresight, forethought, Providence, prudence, sagacity, vision), dalekozrakost. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | weitblick (foresight, perspicacity, vision). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רוחק ראי", ראי" למרחק. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "識 (insight), "観 (taking a philosophic view), "見 (insight), 視眼 , 視 , 目 (distant view), "識 (clearsightedness, excellent idea, penetration), "見 (clearsightedness, excellent idea, penetration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たくしき (clearsightedness, excellent idea, penetration), たっしき (insight), たっか" (taking a philosophic view), たっけ" (clearsightedness, excellent idea, insight, penetration), とおめ (distant view), え"しが", え"し (alluring figure, charming figure, death by smoke suffocation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arsightednessfay дальнозоркость. (various references) previsión (anticipation, forecast, foresight, forethought, precaution, prevision, Providence, thoughtfulness), presbicia (presbyopia), clarividencia (afterlight, clairvoyance, clear-sightedness, second sight, thoughtfulness, vision). (various references) sağgörü (clairvoyance, foresight, forethought, prudence, sagacity), sağduyu (common sense, foresight, forethought, good sense, horse sense, judgement, lucidity, lucidness, mother wit, nous, prudence, reason, sense), ileriyi görebilme, hipermetropluk (hypermetropia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "farsightedness": farsightednesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "farsightedness" (pronounced fÄ'rsī"tudnus) |
| 8 | -s ī" t u d n u s | shortsightedness. |
| 6 | -t u d n u s | indebtedness, nearsightedness, spiritedness. |
| 5 | -u d n u s | crookedness, handedness, mindedness, preparedness, sacredness, vividness, wickedness. |
| 4 | -d n u s | awkwardness, backwardness, badness, baldness, blandness, blindness, boldness, coldness, fondness, goodness, hardness, kindness, madness, redness, rudeness, sadness, shrewdness, soundness, tiredness, weirdness, wildness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, bagginess, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, bleakness, bluntness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, happiness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, ruinous, ruthlessness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wilderness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-f-g-h-i-n-r-s-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: draftinesses, nightdresses. | |
-3 letters: disheartens, featherings, hardinesses, nearsighted, rightnesses, tardinesses, threadiness. | |
-4 letters: aridnesses, artinesses, daftnesses, denigrates, designates, dishearten, dissenters, draftiness, earthiness, fairnesses, farsighted, feathering, federating, frightened, garishness, garnisheed, garnishees, gearshifts, gesneriads, giantesses, giftedness, greasiness, hardnesses, heartiness, ingathered, nightdress, reassigned, sandfishes, sightseers, standishes, starfishes, steadiness, stingarees, threadfins, trashiness, trignesses. | |
-5 letters: adherents, agentries, andesites, antherids, arsenides, arsenites. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-f-g-h-i-n-r-s-s-s-t" | |
+2 letters: farsightednesses. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- .-. ... .. --. .... - . -.. -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01110010 01110011 01101001 01100111 01101000 01110100 01100101 01100100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a r s i g h t e d n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0072 0073 0069 0067 0068 0074 0065 0064 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4067848575737486717080718585 |
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