envision
verb (used with object)
to picture mentally, especially some future event or events.
envisioned
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past participleof envision.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof envision.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
envisionverb (used with object)to picture mentally, especially some future event or events.
Example Sentences
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Yet had Beijing followed through on the financial liberalization envisioned in the WTO agreement, the housing market might not have grown so distended or the balance sheets of local governments so precarious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The obvious adjustment is to increase the maximum to cover about 90% of earnings, as envisioned in the 1983 legislation.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Altman originally envisioned Stargate as a joint venture with SoftBank and Oracle that would invest as much as $500 billion in U.S. artificial-intelligence infrastructure over four years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
The document envisioned some role for Iran in overseeing shipping in Hormuz.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
This wasn’t quite the reunion scenario I had envisioned.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
