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View synonyms for envision

envision

[en-vizh-uhn]

verb (used with object)

  1. to picture mentally, especially some future event or events.

    to envision a bright future.



envision

/ ɪnˈvɪʒən /

verb

  1. (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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of envision1

First recorded in 1920–25; en- 1 + vision
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He also envisions a novel structural system: divide the building into eight-story modules, where the loads of each module are transferred by diagonal braces to the main columns.

Practically overnight, the 23-year-old Sasaki has transformed from a fading phenom into the burgeoning ace the Dodgers envisioned when they signed him in January.

Like many of her peers, Smart-McCabe grew up envisioning home gardeners as conforming to a very particular archetype: usually wealthy, often white and always women.

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“I can envision scenarios where appropriate policy calls for holding rates steady later this year and into next, as we assess effects of the recent policy actions and get more information,” she said.

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He envisions a global scientific community where innovation can flourish in any country or institution, free from hierarchy or limitation.

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