envisage
verb (used with object)
to contemplate; visualize.
envisaged
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past participleof envisage.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof envisage.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
envisageverb (used with object)to contemplate; visualize.
Example Sentences
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He said, however, that the government he envisaged forming after elections would help complete Israel's regional ambitions.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
The biggest missing piece is the church’s main entrance, known as the Glory Facade, which Gaudí envisaged at the top of a monumental staircase.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026
For a player who has so often been Arsenal's difference-maker this season, it was not the contribution he would have envisaged before the club's first Champions League final since 2006.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
A Y junction was the original shape of the line as envisaged in the first plans for a line from London to Birmingham that branched to Manchester and Leeds.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Wthin our cocoon of modest material possessions my playmates of the “right sort” and I envisaged a grown-up future of unexceptional assimilatedness.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
