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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

远视

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yuǎnshì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Farsightedness/ˈfɑːrˌsaɪ.tɪd.nəs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"远视的人在阅读时通常需要眼镜。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The condition of being able to see distant objects clearly while having difficulty focusing on nearby objects.

    "People with farsightedness often need glasses for reading."
  2. 2

    The ability to think about and plan for the future with foresight.

    "His farsightedness in business allowed him to invest wisely."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Middle English elements 'far' (at a great distance) and 'sight' (the faculty of seeing), combined with the suffix '-ed' and '-ness' to denote a state or condition. First recorded in medical and general vernacular contexts during the early modern period to describe the visual condition scientifically known as hyperopia.

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