noun

1. the act or power of seeing with the eye; sense of sight
2. 1. something seen by other than normal sight; something perceived in a dream, trance, etc. or supernaturally revealed, as to a prophet
   2. the experience of having such a perception or revelation
3. a mental image; esp., an imaginative contemplation to have visions of power
4. 1. the ability to perceive something not actually visible, as through mental acuteness or keen foresight a project made possible by one man's vision
   2. force or power of imagination a statesman of great vision
5. something or someone, esp. a woman, of extraordinary beauty

Etymology: OFr < L visio < visus, pp. of videre, to see < IE *w(e)idē, var. of *w(e)di-, to view, see > wise

transitive verb