English Explanatory Dictionary

vision

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The sense or ability of sight.
  2. Something seen; an object perceived visually.
  3. Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
  4. Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
  5. A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
  6. An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
  7. General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
  8. A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
  9. A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
  10. Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
verb
  1. To imagine something as if it were to be true.
  2. To present as in a vision.
  3. To provide with a vision.

Pronunciation

vĭzh'ən /ˈvɪʒ.ən/ [ˈvɪʒ.n̩] En-us-vision.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vision.wav

Word forms

vision visions visioning visioned

Etymology

From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“to see”) + action noun suffix -iō.

Synonyms

ken vision sight eyesight view perception seeing apparition hallucination mirage dream desire aspiration fantasy envision

Antonyms

ablepsia blindness cecity farsightedness hyperopia myopia nearsightedness purblindness shortsightedness

Related words

eye

Derived words

beatific vision binocular vision Brobdingnagian vision computer vision computer vision syndrome distance vision double vision field of vision heat vision Lilliputian vision near vision night vision peripheral vision personal vision pick-by-vision point of vision rear vision mirror rear-vision mirror Smell-O-Vision tunnel vision visibility visible visionary vision board vision boarding visioner vision-impaired vision impaired vision loss vision mixer vision out vision panel vision purple vision quest vision statement vision thing visual X-ray vision prevision envision
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