vision
Etymology
From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Латински 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.
- Шаблон:RQ:Shakespeare Winter's Tale, [Act I, scene ii]:
- […] For to a Viſion ſo apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute […]
- 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid:
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- Шаблон:RQ:Shakespeare Winter's Tale, [Act I, scene ii]:
- (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, strana 107:
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- (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, strana 250:
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- (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
- He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.
- (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
- (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage
- (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy
Derived terms
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
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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
- (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
Finnish
Noun
vision
- Genitive singular form of visio.
Anagrams
- voisin (alphagram iinosv)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Латински vīsiō, from videō (whence voir).
Pronunciation
Noun
vision f (plural visions)
Synonyms
- (ability to see): vue
Derived terms
- champ de vision
- télévision
- visible
- vision centrale
- vision du monde
- vision périphérique
- visionnaire
- visionner
Descendants
- → Турски: vizyon
Further reading
- “vision” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Middle English
Noun
vision
- Alternative form of visioun
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
vision f (oblique plural visions, nominative singular vision, nominative plural visions)
- vision (supernatural sensory experience)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (vision, supplement)
- Шаблон:R:Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
vision f (plural vision)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Noun
vision c
Declension
Declension of vision | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | vision | visionen | visioner | visionerna |
Genitive | visions | visionens | visioners | visionernas |