farseeing

[ fahr-see-ing ]

adjective

1. having foresight; sagacious; discerning.
2. able to see objects distinctly at a great distance:

   Hawks are farseeing birds.

Other Words From

• farseeing·ness noun
• farseer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of farseeing¹

First recorded in 1840–50; far + see ¹ + -ing ²

Example Sentences

Weather forecasting has gotten steadily more accurate and farseeing over the past few decades, one of the many ways that science saves lives.

From Scientific American

“Both Chinese and foreign observers tend to ascribe the nation’s technology success to the country’s supposedly farseeing political leaders,” Mallaby writes.

From Washington Post

Boldly declarative but coolly farseeing, his compositions expanded the range of harmonic possibility in jazz.

From New York Times

The pairing seems to echo the hero-king duality of so many male portraits: Tubman is sitting, in charge, farseeing, while Taylor has the classical, active contrapposto of an ancient athlete.

From Washington Post

It has been nearly two decades since Andrew Bolton, the curator in charge of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, mounted a farseeing exhibition titled “Brave Hearts: Men in Skirts.”

From New York Times