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vision

See also: Vision, visión, and vîsion

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“I see”) + action noun suffix -iō.

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vision (countable and uncountable, plural visions)

  1. (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
  2. Something seen; an object perceived visually.
    • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, I. ii. 270:
      For to a vision so apparent rumour / Cannot be mute
    • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid:
      It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!
  3. (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
    He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.
  4. (by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of John Locke to this entry?)
  5. (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
    He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.
  6. (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
    He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
  7. (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.

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VerbEdit

vision (third-person singular simple present visions, present participle visioning, simple past and past participle visioned)

  1. (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
  2. (transitive) To provide with a vision.

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vision

  1. Genitive singular form of visio.

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin vīsiō, visum, supine of the verb videō.

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NounEdit

vision f (plural visions)

  1. vision, sight

SynonymsEdit

  • (ability to see): vue

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin vīsiō.

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vision f (oblique plural visions, nominative singular vision, nominative plural visions)

  1. vision (supernatural sensory experience)

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vision c

  1. vision; something imaginary
  2. vision; a (grand) goal or idea

DeclensionEdit

Declension of vision 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vision visionen visioner visionerna
Genitive visions visionens visioners visionernas
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