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vision

Pronunciation: /ˈvɪʒ(ə)n/
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Definition of vision

noun

  • 1 [mass noun] the faculty or state of being able to see:she had defective vision
  • the images seen on a television screen: the box converts the digital signal into sound and vision on an ordinary TV
  • 2 [mass noun] the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom:the organization had lost its vision and direction
  • [count noun] a mental image of what the future will or could be like:a utopian vision of society
  • 3an experience of seeing someone or something in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition:the idea came to him in a vision
  • (often visions) a vivid mental image, especially a fanciful one of the future:he had visions of becoming the Elton John of his time
  • 4a person or sight of unusual beauty:madame was a vision in black velvet

verb

[with object] rare
  • imagine: we visioned a small lawn surrounded with a perfect tangle of trees

Derivatives

visional

adjective

visionless

adjective

Origin:

Middle English (denoting a supernatural apparition): via Old French from Latin visio(n-), from videre 'to see'

vision in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of vision in the US English dictionary