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English noun: sharp-sightedness

1. sharp-sightedness (cognition) sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)


Synonymsacuity, visual acuity


Broader (hypernym)sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense


Narrower (hyponym)20/20, oxyopia, twenty-twenty

2. sharp-sightedness (attribute) lively attentiveness


Synonymsalertness, on the qui vive


Broader (hypernym)attentiveness









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