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English
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 (“I see”) + action noun suffix -iō.
Pronunciation
Noun
vision (countable and uncountable, plural visions)
- (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- […] For to a Viſion ſo apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute […]
- 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid:
- It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!
- (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.
- 2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 107:
- Visitations are a commonly reported afterlife phenomenon. For example, a dying patient has a vision of her mother, who has been dead for twenty years.
- (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- 1690, John Locke, “Of our Knowledge of the Existence of other Things”, in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, volume II, London: A. Bettesworth et al., published 1735, book III, page 250:
- For having the Idea of any thing in our Mind, no more proves the Exiſtence of that Thing, than the Picture of a Man evidences his being in the World, or the Viſions of a Dream make thereby a true Hiſtory.
- (countable, by extension) A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
- 2020 April 3, Chappell Roan, Dan Nigro, “Pink Pony Club”performed by Chappell Roan:
- I know you wanted me to stay
But I can't ignore the crazy visions of me in LA
- (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
- He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.
- (uncountable) General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
- 1985, Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, in Songs from the Big Chair, performed by Tears for Fears:
- I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the—
- (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
- He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
- (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
- (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
Synonyms
- (ability): sight, eyesight, view, perception, seeing,
- (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage
- (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy
Derived terms
- 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
- point of vision
- prevision
- rear vision mirror, rear-vision mirror
- Smell-O-Vision, 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
Translations
sense or ability of sight
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something seen
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something imaginary one thinks one sees
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something unreal
ideal or goal
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religious or mystical experience
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person or thing of beauty
footage — see footage
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Verb
vision (third-person singular simple present visions, present participle visioning, simple past and past participle visioned)
- (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
- (transitive) To present as in a vision.
- (transitive) To provide with a vision. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- (imagine): envision
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Urdu: ویژن
Anagrams
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Finnish
Noun
vision
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French vision, from Old French vision, borrowed from Latin vīsiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
vision f (plural visions)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Turkish: vizyon
Further reading
- “vision”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
vision
- alternative form of visioun
Middle French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French vision, borrowed from Latin vīsiō.
Noun
vision f (plural visions)
Descendants
- French: vision
References
- vision on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin vīsiō.
Noun
vision oblique singular, f (oblique plural visions, nominative singular vision, nominative plural visions)
- vision (supernatural sensory experience)
Descendants
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (vision, supplement)
- visiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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Piedmontese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vision f (plural vision)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
vision c
Declension
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