envision

[en-vizh-uh n]

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verb (used with object)

to picture mentally, especially some future event or events: to envision a bright future.

Origin of envision

First recorded in 1920–25; en-¹ + vision

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Examples from the Web for envision

Contemporary Examples

Did you envision your Pryor biography as extending your previous investigation—aesthetically and historically?
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America
David Yaffe, Scott Saul
December 10, 2014
Urban economists, particularly those on the self-satisfied coasts, tend to envision utter hopelessness for the region.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead
Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen
December 7, 2014
They envision a group of stealth killers each with a seek-and-destroy mission killing cancer “naturally.”
Are Viruses the Next Cure for Cancer?
Kent Sepkowitz
May 15, 2014
That is my faith, even if the pain of the present moment is too excruciating to envision what it might be.
A Bishop’s Decision to Divorce
Gene Robinson
May 4, 2014
But even standing within spitting distance of The Pearl was close enough for me to envision better days ahead.
‘When the Garden Was Eden’: Why New York City Needs the Knicks Now More Than Ever
Robert Silverman
April 19, 2014

Historical Examples

This first, envision it in your mind and you are in the state.
The Six Fingers of Time
Raphael Aloysius Lafferty
A trained man could envision a drug that would serve any desired purpose.
The Saracen: The Holy War
Robert Shea
One could very well,” one of his biographers declares, “envision him as a knight in full armor leading a troop in the charge.
Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark
Jens Christian Aaberg
They could envision the meeting of those problems, and they could envision the obtaining of jungle-plows.
The Pirates of Ersatz
Murray Leinster
“I certainly agree with you,” declared Penny, for she could not envision young Ottman as a saboteur.
Saboteurs on the River
Mildred A. Wirt

British Dictionary definitions for envision

envision

verb

(tr) to conceive of as a possibility, esp in the future; foresee

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for envision

v.

1914, from en- (1) "make, put in" + vision. Related: Envisioned; envisioning. Earlier (1827) is envision'd in sense "endowed with vision."

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Examples from the Web for envision

Contemporary Examples

Did you envision your Pryor biography as extending your previous investigation—aesthetically and historically?

Urban economists, particularly those on the self-satisfied coasts, tend to envision utter hopelessness for the region.

They envision a group of stealth killers each with a seek-and-destroy mission killing cancer “naturally.”

That is my faith, even if the pain of the present moment is too excruciating to envision what it might be.

But even standing within spitting distance of The Pearl was close enough for me to envision better days ahead.

Historical Examples

This first, envision it in your mind and you are in the state.

A trained man could envision a drug that would serve any desired purpose.

One could very well,” one of his biographers declares, “envision him as a knight in full armor leading a troop in the charge.

They could envision the meeting of those problems, and they could envision the obtaining of jungle-plows.

“I certainly agree with you,” declared Penny, for she could not envision young Ottman as a saboteur.

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Word Origin and History for envision

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