vision
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed 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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vision (countable and uncountable, plural visions)
- (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, [Act I, scene ii]:
- […] For to a Viſion ſo apparant, Rumor / 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!
- 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, [Act I, scene ii]:
- (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.
- (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- 1690, John Locke, “Of our Knowledge of the Existence of other Things”, in An Essay concerning Human Understanding, volume II, London: A. Bettesworth et al., published 1735, book III, page 250:
- For having the Idea of any thing in our Mind, no more proves the Exiſtence of that Thing, than the Picture of a Man evidences his being in the World, or the Viſions of a Dream make thereby a true Hiſtory.
- (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
- He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.
- (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
- He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
- (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
- (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
SynonymsEdit
- (ability): sight, eyesight, view, perception
- (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage
- (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit
sense or ability of sight
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something seen
something imaginary one thinks one sees
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something unreal
ideal or goal
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religious or mystical experience
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person or thing of beauty
footage — see footage
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VerbEdit
vision (third-person singular simple present visions, present participle visioning, simple past and past participle visioned)
- (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
- (transitive) To provide with a vision.
SynonymsEdit
- (imagine): envision
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin vīsiō, from videō (whence voir).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vision f (plural visions)
SynonymsEdit
- (ability to see): vue
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “vision” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
AnagramsEdit
Old FrenchEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
vision f (oblique plural visions, nominative singular vision, nominative plural visions)
- vision (supernatural sensory experience)
ReferencesEdit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (vision, supplement)
- visiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub