Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having sharp, clear vision.
- adjective Perceptive; discerning.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having clear or acute vision; hence, having acuteness of mental discernment; discerning; perspicacious; judicious: as, clear-sighted reason; a clear-sighted judge.
- Specifically, clairvoyant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Seeing with clearness; acutely perceptive, discerning.
- adjective having sharp clear vision.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
sharp vision . - adjective Acutely
perceptive ordiscerning ;perspicacious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having sharp clear vision
- adjective mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
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Examples
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Even so, Germany can't be faulted for its clear-sighted analysis of the euro's failings and what must be done to eliminate them.
Sarkozy Can Help the Euro—and Himself Simon Nixon 2011
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The clans of Tokyo's underworld have moved beyond certain rituals of an earlier era, even though they cling to a classic thuggery that involves crime families, turf wars and loyalty that's blind until it turns into clear-sighted treachery.
'Shame': Tracking The Travails of Lost Souls Joe Morgenstern 2011
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That is not clear-sighted policy, and it is not helpful.
Matthew Yglesias » Explaining Why the Geithner Plan Was So Vague 2009
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As Ross Perlin puts it in this timely and clear-sighted book, the first on the internship boom, "In much of the developed world, the subtle, relentless pressure to do an internship is now simply part of being young."
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He had a remarkably clear-sighted view of the drawbacks of the land-based elements of the architecture—one that transcended Navy parochialism.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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To David Black, my agent, I am tremendously grateful for both his convivial encouragement and his clear-sighted direction.
The Sorcerer’s Apprentices Lisa Abend 2011
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Easily the foremost contemporary survey of "collapsing" Pakistan, Lieven's book also contains some of the most clear-sighted accounts of "rising" India.
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Throughout The Cookbook Collector Goodman shows herself to be a clear-sighted observer who doesn't flinch from depicting her characters' blindspots and failings.
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Usually Steve Benen is to my mind one of the most clear-sighted observers of the DC scene.
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He had a remarkably clear-sighted view of the drawbacks of the land-based elements of the architecture—one that transcended Navy parochialism.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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