different between farsighted vs spontaneous

English

Alternative forms

• far-sighted

Etymology

far +? sighted

Adjective

farsighted (comparative more farsighted, superlative most farsighted)

1. Unable to focus with one's eyes on near objects; presbyopic.

   Synonyms: hyperopic, long-sighted

   Antonyms: myopic, nearsighted, short-sighted

2. Considering the future with respect to one's own plans or deeds; showing anticipation.

   Synonyms: long-sighted, foresighted, sagacious

Derived terms

• farsightedness

Translations

English

Etymology

Late Latin spont?neus, from Latin sponte (su?) (“of one's free will, voluntarily”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /sp?n?te?.ni.?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /sp?n?te?.ni.?s/
• Rhymes: -e?ni?s

Adjective

spontaneous (comparative more spontaneous, superlative most spontaneous)

1. Self-generated; happening without any apparent external cause.

   He made a spontaneous offer of help.

2. Done by one's own free choice, or without planning.
3. Proceeding from natural feeling or native tendency without external or conscious constraint
4. Arising from a momentary impulse
5. Controlled and directed internally; self-active; spontaneous movement characteristic of living things
6. Produced without being planted or without human cultivation or labor.
   • 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, vol. IV, ch. 106:

     [H]e persisted in his design; and, because he would not make his wants known, actually subsisted for several days on hips, haws and sloes, and other spontaneous fruits which he gathered in the woods and fields.

7. Random.
8. Sudden, without warning.

Synonyms

• (self-generated): autonomous
• (done by one's own free choice): autonomous
• (proceeding from natural feeling...): autonomous
• (sudden, without warning): abrupt, precipitous, subitaneous; see also Thesaurus:sudden

Derived terms

• spontaneity
• spontaneously

Related terms

• spontaneous combustion

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