envisage
verb (used with object)
to contemplate; visualize.
have envisaged
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present perfectof envisage.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Even the most devoted Hull City fan could not have envisaged their season ending like this.
From BBC ● May 23, 2026
They would never have envisaged such a moment when they took both sons along to athletics as boys.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024
Moore said before the game his team just had to focus on winning and "see what happens", but surely he could never have envisaged what would unfold.
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
One of the recruits, a 48-year Ukrainian furniture maker who called himself Nick, said a year ago he could not have envisaged that he would be taking lessons in warfare in the north of England.
From Reuters ● Feb. 16, 2023
The concept of reincarnation had always been very appealing to the human mind, which would rather have envisaged itself perpetuated in the body of a cockroach than vanishing completely into nothingness.
From Once a Greech by Evelyn E. Smith
