envision
Americanverb (used with object)
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envisions,
present (3rd person singular)
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envisioned,
past participle, past
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envisioning
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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envisionsimple
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envisionssimple
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have envisionedperfect
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has envisionedperfect
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am envisioningprogressive
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are envisioningprogressive
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is envisioningprogressive
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have been envisioningperfect progressive
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has been envisioningperfect progressive
Past
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envisionedsimple
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had envisionedperfect
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was envisioningprogressive
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were envisioningprogressive
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had been envisioningperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of envision
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Explanation
The verb envision means to imagine or picture. Kids often envision themselves doing exciting things when they grow up, like being movie stars, professional athletes, or astronauts. The word envision comes from the Latin en-, which means "cause to be," and visionem, meaning "a thing seen." Career paths aren't the only things that can be envisioned. If you envision a cleaner world, you may volunteer to pick up trash on the beach. If you envision a more peaceful world, you might make your brother and sister play in separate rooms to stop them from screaming at each other.
Vocabulary lists containing envision
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Example Sentences
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In interviews, McClain Delaney said she regretted the vote and that at the time, she didn’t envision the Trump administration carrying out its mass deportation promises.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Could he envision a future where he was a major player in the party?
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
"I could not envision what it would've unleashed," she says.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Instead of 10 to 20 cameras, experts say that some broadcasters envision mounting thousands of iPhone-type cameras inside a ballpark, arena or stadium, creating unique angles that can be personalized for individual viewers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
“Yes, I worked with your mom on that project. We all miss her. It took Ray and me a long time to be able to envision moving forward without her.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Young teaches himself to code and envisions an app that will focus on mental health and suicide prevention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
With plans for watch parties and other accessible celebrations for fans, Torosis envisions Santa Monica being “the place to be” during the Games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
A single reactor will generate just 15 megawatts, enough to power about 12,000 homes, but Muller envisions an array of 100 or more, providing more than a gigawatt, enough for a data center.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
This time will be different, the council hopes, as it envisions a subscription-based model whereby vendors pay a fee to access batteries and charging stations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
He envisions her running her cane along the runnels.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
“Congress never envisioned that local broadcast TV stations would become nothing more than undifferentiated pass-throughs of national programming produced in Hollywood and New York,” Carr said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
"I had envisioned during the week that the ball would get flicked across to me and I was going to hit it top right," said Beirne of his goal.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Altman originally envisioned Stargate as a joint venture with SoftBank and Oracle that would invest as much as $500 billion in U.S. artificial-intelligence infrastructure over four years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Clements spent most of his career walking people through steps like this, just with a much longer time span envisioned.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
The agency envisioned itself developing the technology to launch weather satellites, probes we could send to the moon, and satellites that could warn us if a missile was coming.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
Going in, I didn’t know what to expect, but I wasn’t automatically envisioning a late-career “job apocalypse.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
To his mother’s delight, he decided he wanted to be a doctor at age 4, after envisioning the doctor who treated his broken arm in Jersey City Hospital as “an angel.”
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026
Boeing has big plans for the North Line, envisioning a production cadence comparable to that in Renton, 35 miles to the south, which until this week was the exclusive home of MAX assembly.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
I’m envisioning my bed and party ain’t even started.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
He's probably running inventory of who I could be with, envisioning a few of us here, a scrappy team of orphans and outcasts.
From "We Are Okay" by Nina LaCour
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