"clear-sighted" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more clear-sighted [comparative], clearer-sighted [comparative], most clear-sighted [superlative], clearest-sighted [superlative], clearsighted [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|more,+first}} clear-sighted (comparative more clear-sighted or clearer-sighted, superlative most clear-sighted or clearest-sighted)
  1. Having sharp vision. Translations (having sharp vision): проницателен (pronicatelen) (Bulgarian), οξυδερκής (oxyderkís) (Greek), विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), ବିଚକ୍ଷଣ (bicakṣaṇa) (Odia), văz ascuțit [neuter] (Romanian), विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇa) (Sanskrit)
    Sense id: en-clear-sighted-en-adj-hThlmJXV Disambiguation of 'having sharp vision': 99 1
  2. Acutely perceptive or discerning; perspicacious. Translations (perceptive or discerning): проницателен (pronicatelen) (Bulgarian), οξυδερκής (oxyderkís) (Greek), विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), ବିଚକ୍ଷଣ (bicakṣaṇa) (Odia), văz ascuțit [neuter] (Romanian), विचक्षण (vicakṣaṇa) (Sanskrit)
    Sense id: en-clear-sighted-en-adj-Q9B2e2gp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Odia translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Odia translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of 'perceptive or discerning': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clear-eyed Derived forms: clear-sightedness Related terms: clairvoyant

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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