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  • 1long´-sight´ed|ness — long sight|ed «LNG SY tihd, LONG », adjective. 1. seeing distant things more clearly than near ones; farsighted. 2. Figurative. having foresight; wise: »Her long sighted notion of a society not solely based on war and agriculture... (Manchester… …

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  • 2long-sight|ed — «LNG SY tihd, LONG », adjective. 1. seeing distant things more clearly than near ones; farsighted. 2. Figurative. having foresight; wise: »Her long sighted notion of a society not solely based on war and agriculture... (Manchester Guardian).… …

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  • 3long-sighted — adjective Brit. having long sight. ↘having imagination or foresight. Derivatives long sightedly adverb long sightedness noun …

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  • 4long-sighted — adj. 1 having long sight. 2 having imagination or foresight. Derivatives: long sightedly adv. long sightedness n …

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  • 5long-sighted — long′ sight′ed adj. 1) farsighted 2) having great foresight • Etymology: 1780–90 long′ sight′ed•ness, n …

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  • 6Long-sighted — Long sight ed, a. 1. Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing. [1913 Webster] 2. Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand; hypermetropic. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7long — 1. adj., n., & adv. adj. (longer; longest) 1 measuring much from end to end in space or time; not soon traversed or finished (a long line; a long journey; a long time ago). 2 (following a measurement) in length or duration (2 metres long; the… …

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  • 8Long Beach State 49ers baseball — Long Beach State 49ers Founded: 1954 University California State University, Long Beach Conference Bi …

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  • 9Long John Silver — is a fictional character in the novel Treasure Island , by Robert Louis Stevenson. Silver is also known by the nicknames Barbecue and the Sea Cook (which is also an alternate title for Stevenson s novel). Profile In Treasure Island , Long John… …

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  • 10Iron sight — Sight picture through iron sights of an H K MP5 submachine gun. The annular shroud around the front post sight is aligned with the rear peep sight to ensure the weapon is properly trained. Iron sights are a system of shaped alignment markers… …

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