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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026vi•sion /ˈvɪʒən/USA pronunciation
n.
- Physiology[uncountable] the act or power of sensing with the eyes;
sight.
- the act or power of anticipating that which will or could come to be;
foresight;
imagination:[uncountable]a man or woman of vision.
- a vivid, imaginative idea, conception, or anticipation of something that will or could come to be:[countable]He had visions of wealth and glory.
- Religion[countable] something seen in or as if in a dream or trance, often thought to come from God.
- a scene, person, etc., of extraordinary beauty:[countable]a vision of loveliness.
See -vis-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026vi•sion
(vizh′ən),USA pronunciation n.
- Physiologythe act or power of sensing with the eyes;
sight.
- the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be:prophetic vision; the vision of an entrepreneur.
- an experience in which a personage, thing, or event appears vividly or credibly to the mind, although not actually present, often under the influence of a divine or other agency:a heavenly messenger appearing in a vision.Cf. hallucination (def. 1).
- something seen or otherwise perceived during such an experience:The vision revealed its message.
- a vivid, imaginative conception or anticipation:visions of wealth and glory.
- something seen;
an object of sight.
- a scene, person, etc., of extraordinary beauty:The sky was a vision of red and pink.
- ComputingSee computer vision.
v.t. - to envision:She tried to vision herself in a past century.
- Latin vīsiōn- (stem of vīsiō) a seeing, view, equivalent. to vīs(us), past participle of vidēre to see + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English 1250–1300
2. perception, discernment. 4. apparition, phantasm, chimera. See dream.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
vision /ˈvɪʒən/ n - the act, faculty, or manner of perceiving with the eye; sight
- the image on a television screen
- (as modifier): vision control
- the ability or an instance of great perception, esp of future developments: a man of vision
- a mystical or religious experience of seeing some supernatural event, person, etc: the vision of St John of the Cross
- that which is seen, esp in such a mystical experience
- (sometimes plural) a vivid mental image produced by the imagination: he had visions of becoming famous
- a person or thing of extraordinary beauty
Etymology: 13th Century: from Latin vīsiō sight, from vidēre to see
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