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It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
Joseph Conrad

Meaning of "clear-sighted" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLEAR-SIGHTED

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLEAR-SIGHTED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clear-Sighted is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES CLEAR-SIGHTED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clear-sighted in the English dictionary

The definition of clear-sighted in the dictionary is involving accurate perception or judgment. Other definition of clear-sighted is having clear vision.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLEAR-SIGHTED

clear the air
clear the decks
clear up
clear-cut
clear-eyed
clear-fell
clear-headed
clear-headedly
clear-headedness
clear-out
clear-sightedly
clear-sightedness
clear-up rate
clearable
clearage
clearance
clearance certificate
clearance sale
Clearances
clearcole

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLEAR-SIGHTED

benighted
counterweighted
delighted
far-sighted
foresighted
freighted
long-sighted
near-sighted
nighted
partially sighted
sharp-sighted
short-sighted
sighted
thoughted
trade-weighted
unbenighted
unfrighted
unlighted
unsighted
unweighted
weighted

Synonyms and antonyms of clear-sighted in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clear-sighted» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLEAR-SIGHTED

Find out the translation of clear-sighted to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clear-sighted from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clear-sighted» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

清晰的眼光
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clarividente
570 millions of speakers

English

clear-sighted
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भेदक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

واضح النظر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проницательный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lúcida
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিচক্ষণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lucide
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jelas-jelas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

scharfsichtig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

先見の明がある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시력이 좋은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jelas-jelas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mắt sáng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அறிவுத் தெளிவான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्पष्ट दिसणारा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

keskin görüşlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

perspicace
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jasnej wizji
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проникливий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clar cu deficiențe de vedere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οξυδερκής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

helderziend
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

klarsynt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klarsynt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clear-sighted

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLEAR-SIGHTED»

The term «clear-sighted» is regularly used and occupies the 97.980 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLEAR-SIGHTED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clear-sighted

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2 QUOTES WITH «CLEAR-SIGHTED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word clear-sighted.
1
Joseph Conrad
It is not the clear-sighted who rule the world. Great achievements are accomplished in a blessed, warm fog.
2
Agnes Repplier
The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLEAR-SIGHTED»

Discover the use of clear-sighted in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clear-sighted and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
From the Hardcover edition.
Lawrence Wright, 2013
2
International Trends in Optics
Even clear-sighted deconvolution is incapable of recovering spatial frequency information above this limit. Despite that, the effectiveness of pure blind deconvolution presently is only comparable to that of clear-sighted deconvolution when the ...
Joseph W. Goodman, 1991
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A Gaelic Dictionary in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed a New ...
Having large eyes ; having large eyelids, or having large eyelashes ; having handsome eyes ; of, or pertaining to, the eyes or eyelids; dawning; clear- sighted ; knowing. Rosg adh, aidh, s. m. (Ir. id.) Eye-sight or vision ; an eye ; an eyelid, ...
Robert Archibald Armstrong, 1825
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Pasts Beyond Memory: Evolution, Museums, Colonialism
The issues involved, however, were significantly different as clear-sighted attentiveness came to be thought of as a capacity that had to be developed against the inherited force of habitual modes of perception rather than as a natural capacity ...
Tony Bennett, 2004
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New Outlook
In a lesser degree a similar experience awaits those clear-sighted people everywhere who see distinctly the conditions of success, who discern the difference between true and false methods, and who cannot close their eyes to the mistakes ...
Alfred Emanuel Smith, Francis Walton, 1896
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The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish Philosophy
Later still, long after the king's conversion, the sage offers what appears to be a definition of "the inner eye" in connection with a well-known passage about a near-sighted man who successfully locates the missing camel of a clear-sighted man ...
Daniel H. Frank, Oliver Leaman, 2003
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Expositional Modes and Temporal Ordering in Fiction
"". this is one of the few books on narrative worth reading and rereading, a study that will make -- or should make -- a difference in the way we read narrative.
Meir Sternberg, 1993
8
Polyglot Reader and Guide for Translation: Consisting of a ...
Fortunately, no one received any serious injury, the greatest violence of the explosion having been in the direction of the chimney. The demonstrator escaped without farther harm than the loss of his wig. XXXIX.— A CLEAR- SIGHTED BLIND ...
Jean Roemer, 1869
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The Twentieth Century
Mr. Shaw. Even if they fancied his Utopia—which they do notthey are clear- sighted enough to see that they are quite incapable of rising to it, and that the Undershafts are quite strong enough to keep it down. That is exactly in practice how ' the ...
10
The Nineteenth Century and After
Mr. Shaw. Even if they fancied his Utopia — which they do not — they are clear- sighted enough to see that they are quite incapable of rising to it, and that the Undershafts are quite strong enough to keep it down. That is exactly in practice how ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLEAR-SIGHTED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clear-sighted is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Rape of Lucretia review – Fiona Shaw's production is clear
As when first staged two years ago, Fiona Shaw's production is clear-sighted and non-sensational; nothing that the audience witnesses could ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Not always a liberal hotbed: Hollywood's 'conservative' cowboys
... Western film, as a clear-sighted vehicle for representing society's conception of itself and its frontier past, has currently fallen on hard times. «Communities Digital News, Jul 15»
3
Vanessa Carlton Talks Working With Her Husband & What Inspired …
I was very clear-sighted about finishing the album, for sure.” Carlton went on to praise her husband's musical acumen and noted that the two ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
4
Face it: The Redskins stink, and that's not likely to change
For now, I'll just be clear-sighted and side with the late Dorothy Parker. She wasn't talking about Daniel Snyder's team, though she might as ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Jul 15»
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London Theater Review: 'Measure for Measure' at Shakespeare's …
Globe shows are boisterous, rugged, silly, clear-sighted, even, on occasion, beautiful. Audiences love them. All of that's in evidence in ... «Variety, Jul 15»
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Beating Hitler by numbers
The annual assessment of the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) is a typically Jewish document – it blends hysteria with clear-sighted ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
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Time for some straight talk: Redskins most likely will be bad for a while
For now, I'll just be clear-sighted and side with the late Dorothy Parker. She wasn't talking about Daniel Snyder's team, though she might as ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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The rise and fall of Peg Plunkett, 18th-century courtesan and …
she writes at one point, while still being clear-sighted – or contrary – enough to see herself as a “woman of loose turn of mind and changeable ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
9
How Roger Federer made tennis beautiful again
There is also a contradiction between the helpless, obsessive fan depicted here and the clear-sighted writer who depicts him. Mostly the story ... «New Statesman, Jul 15»
10
A question about the soul, raised on late night TV
Here is a man who I have heard give incisive and clear-sighted commentary on matters of domestic and global importance week after week, ... «The News Hub, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Clear-Sighted [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/clear-sighted>. May 2024 ».
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