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.
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The researchers envision vanillin eventually becoming an ingredient in advanced wound dressings, ulcer treatments, targeted drug delivery systems, and therapies designed to support tissue regeneration.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
Designers in the Manhattan neighborhood of Tribeca envision new styles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Llyr Gruffydd, cabinet minister for rural resilience and sustainability, said the £20 fixed fine for idling was "insufficient", and not being used "in the way everyone might envision it".
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
I think that’s how we envision our artwork — it’s a little bit of this and a little bit of that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
All right, you put warning cones around the puddles, don protective gloves, etc., but I can’t stop trying to envision the circumstances in which these pools might arise: an associate uprising? a guest riot?
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
Romero, who while in the state Senate wrote the “parent trigger” law giving parents more power over underperforming schools, envisions having a prominent role in the education system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Lores has told investors that he envisions Venmo as similar to financial-services apps like SoFi and Chime, which allow users to send and receive money, budget, and save and invest in stocks or other assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
CEO Elon Musk envisions eventually launching more than 30 407-foot-tall rockets each day from the Louisiana site.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
He envisions future antivenoms that protect against a wider range of venoms while also being safer, less expensive and easier to manufacture on a large scale than many current treatments.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 8, 2026
She envisions an angry goddess stalking the halls, sending curses through the galleries like poison clouds.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
The final version of the pilot program, first proposed in December, applies to far fewer drugs than originally envisioned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
In 2019, they revealed that it was the very first home they toured together while searching for a place where they could embrace the small-town lifestyle they envisioned.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
In a statement last month, he said the singer had "worked up until the day she died" on multiple projects, and envisioned a legacy that continued long beyond her death.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
He has long argued that tennis’ fragmented governance holds the sport back and once envisioned himself leading a combined men’s and women’s tour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Abandoning his own initial error, he promptly apprehended the underlying physics and, more impressively, envisioned the extended implications like a chess master thinking dozens of moves ahead.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
“That is the sort of thing that young people need — hope when we are envisioning our future.”
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
The Rams selected Hunter in the fourth round of the 2025 draft, envisioning the former Auburn standout as a breakaway threat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
You’re envisioning a future in which you might have $100,000 of emergencies.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
"He also wants to continue envisioning and working toward freedom for Cuba," it said.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
I'd nod my head, envisioning a pair of glistening lips lying forsaken on the floor of some nightclub dressing room.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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