envision

[ en-vizh-uh n ]

/ ɛnˈvɪʒ ən /

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verb (used with object)

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

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Origin of envision

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

Words nearby envision

environmental science, environmentalism, environmentalist, environs, envisage, envision, envoy, envy, enweave, enwheel, enwind

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Example sentences from the Web for envision

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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST

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|DAILY BEAST
A trained man could envision a drug that would serve any desired purpose.
The Saracen: The Holy War|Robert Shea
It was not easy to envision, but he found it impossible to imagine sinking back to his former state.
The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster
Ken found it hard to envision the Earth stirring with this much life after the destruction that had passed over it.
The Year When Stardust Fell|Raymond F. Jones
It was powered, equipped, and armed to meet any emergency which Gharlane's tremendous mind had been able to envision.
Triplanetary|Edward Elmer Smith
They could envision the meeting of those problems, and they could envision the obtaining of jungle-plows.
The Pirates of Ersatz|Murray Leinster

British Dictionary definitions for envision

envision

/ (ɪnˈvɪʒən) /

verb

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

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envision

verb (used with object)

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