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   vision

   /ˈvɪʒn/

   noun

   • 1. the faculty or state of being able to see: "she had defective vision" Similar eyesightsightpower of sightfaculty of sightability to seepower of seeingpowers of observationobservationperceptionvisual perceptioneyesfield of visionviewperspective
   • ▪ the images seen on a television screen: "the box converts the digital signal into sound and vision on an ordinary TV"
   • 2. the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom: "the organization had lost its vision and direction" Similar imaginationcreativitycreative powerinventivenessinnovationinspirationintuitionperceptivenessperceptionbreadth of viewforesightinsightfar-sightednesspresciencediscernmentawarenesspenetrationshrewdnesssharpnesscleverness
   • ▪ a mental image of what the future will or could be like: "a utopian vision of society"
   • 3. an experience of seeing someone or something in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition: "the idea came to him in a vision" Similar apparitionspectrephantomhallucinationghostwraithshadowmanifestationchimeraillusionmirageimagebodachduppyinformal:spookliterary:phantasmshaderevenantwightvisitantrare:eidolonmanes
   • ▪ a vivid mental image, especially a fanciful one of the future: "he had visions of becoming the Elton John of his time" Similar dreamdaydreamreveriemental pictureconceptualizationplanshopesfantasyfancyflight of fancyfanciful notionpipe dreamdelusionfigment of the imaginationprospect
   • 4. a person or sight of unusual beauty: "madame was a vision in black velvet" Similar beautiful sightvision of lovelinessfeast for the eyespleasure to beholddelightdreambeautyspectaclepicturejoymarvelsensationinformal:sight for sore eyeseyefulstunnercrackersmasherknockoutlookergood-lookerbobby-dazzlerpeachhoney

   verb

   • 1. imagine: rare "we visioned a small lawn surrounded with a perfect tangle of trees"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting a supernatural apparition): via Old French from Latin visio(n-), from videre ‘to see’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. visional adjective
   • 2. visionless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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