vision

Vision is eyesight, something that is or has been seen or something imagined.

(noun)

  1. An example of vision is what someone sees when they open their eyes.
  2. An example of vision is a beautiful person in someone's line of sight.
  3. An example of vision is what a person imagines their ideal home to look like.

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See vision in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. the act or power of seeing with the eye; sense of sight
    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
  2. a mental image; esp., an imaginative contemplation: to have visions of power
    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
  3. something or someone, esp. a woman, of extraordinary beauty

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

transitive verb

to see in or as in a vision; imagine

See vision in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. The faculty of sight; eyesight: poor vision.
    b. Something that is or has been seen.
  2. Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight: a leader of vision.
  3. The manner in which one sees or conceives of something.
  4. A mental image produced by the imagination.
  5. The mystical experience of seeing as if with the eyes the supernatural or a supernatural being.
  6. A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
transitive verb vi·sioned, vi·sion·ing, vi·sions
To see in or as if in a vision; envision.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin vīsiō, vīsiōn-

Origin: , from vīsus

Origin: , past participle of vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • viˈsion·al adjective
  • viˈsion·al·ly adverb

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