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
Carney said that as envisaged, about a third, or 40, of the GlobalEye produced would be assembled in Canada, creating about 3,000 jobs in the aerospace sector—a good chunk of it in Quebec.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
For the Saudi leadership, it has of course been presented as a success story, even if not on the scale once envisaged.
From BBC ● May 25, 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
He recognized that my life was starting in earnest and would take a different course from the one he had envisaged and planned for.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
