envision
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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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Example Sentences
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Like Geber, Loverde urges retirees to envision a future in which health challenges or long-term-care needs might limit their independence.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 12, 2026
Yarvin, Sun, Draper, and Liberland all give a glimpse into the future some of them envision for us.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Rather than a single solid shell, scientists now envision a Dyson "swarm" made up of countless orbiting structures that capture nearly all of a star's energy.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
At Columbia, scientists envision a future when they will use a patient’s own cells or donor cells to grow new bone and cartilage as a new form of total joint replacement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
Maman said that we are made of stardust, of the Goddess of Beauty herself, and to envision the arcana like a comet zipping through us.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
The fund it envisions would be seeded “partly” by AI companies, on terms the industry would presumably determine.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
The former House speaker said she envisions the institute as a two-way exchange.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
As Jensen noted Monday, “Quantinuum envisions a hybrid compute world” comprised of CPUs, GPUs, and quantum processors, “with quantum computing as the foundational layer.”
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
Kathleen Merrigan, executive director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University, envisions a future in which city neighborhoods become “agrihoods” structured around working farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
He envisions her running her cane along the runnels.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
The document envisioned some role for Iran in overseeing shipping in Hormuz.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Khamenei envisioned and built up an “axis of resistance” of mostly Shia militias across the Middle East as a bulwark against foreign interference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Wilson envisioned a steady stream of foreigners coming to America every year, reinvigorating the energy and vitality the nation needed if it were to survive, much less thrive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2026
Almost immediately, the program diverged from the outcomes McClure had envisioned.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
In recent years, the committee had been virtually inactive, but Paul envisioned a more dynamic future.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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
The first wedding planner Grace Kennedy and Hayden Tobin met gave them a $1.3 million quote for the ceremony they were envisioning on Lake Como.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
A scenario in which rising oil prices hit consumers so hard that the shock pushes the economy into a recession is what some traders in one part of the financial market are currently envisioning.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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