envisage
verb (used with object)
to contemplate; visualize.
had envisaged
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past perfectof envisage.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Earlier Sunday, a joint statement from the foreign ministry and health ministry had envisaged just this possibility.
From Barron's ● May 10, 2026
Intelligence assessments suggest Russian forces are making slower progress than they had envisaged.
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2022
This is not the future as Inter had envisaged it.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021
This was ahead of its plans, which had envisaged 67% coverage by the end of this year.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2021
He recognized that my life was starting in earnest and would take a different course from the one he had envisaged and planned for.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
