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vi·sion (viz̸h′ən)
noun
- the act or power of seeing with the eye; sense of sight
- something seen by other than normal sight; something perceived in a dream, trance, etc. or supernaturally revealed, as to a prophet
- the experience of having such a perception or revelation
- a mental image; esp., an imaginative contemplation to have visions of power
- the ability to perceive something not actually visible, as through mental acuteness or keen foresight a project made possible by one man's vision
- force or power of imagination a statesman of great vision
- something or someone, esp. a woman, of extraordinary beauty
Etymology: OFr < L visio < visus, pp. of videre, to see < IE *w(e)idē, var. of *w(e)di-, to view, see > wise
transitive verb
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vision
n.
The faculty of sight
sight, perception, perceiving, range of view, optics, eyesight. Understanding
foresight, discernment, breadth of view, insight, penetration, intuition, divination, astuteness, keenness, foreknowledge, prescience, farsightedness; see also acumen.Something seen through powers of the mind
imagination, poetic insight, fancy, fantasy, image, concept, conception, ideality, idea; see also thought 1, 2.Something seen by other than normal sight
revelation, hallucination, trance, ecstasy, phantom, apparition, ghost, wraith, specter, apocalypse, nightmare, spirit, warlock; see also fantasy 2, illusion 1.
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Converse of object
- blur: There have been reports of blurred vision, which is suggestive of a change in accommodation.
Converse of subject
- haunt: Pam Stuyvesant is an epileptic haunted by strange sensual visions.
Adjective modifier
- peripheral: These are accurate drawings of what the men could see in their peripheral vision.
Modifies a noun
- mixer: Freda was a freelance vision mixer for a very long time longer than I've worked in television.
Noun used with modifier
- tunnel: Learners with some forms of visual impairment such as tunnel vision will see better if print is kept small.
Preposition: of
- future: The vision of the future is too precious to leave to the responsibility of the few.
Preposition: for
- future: Sony: We have a bright vision for the future, where we will defend the rights of all to their own freedom.
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Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. 100
Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision seesthings as theyare, not as they ought to be.
It is not the constant thought of their sins, but the vision of the holiness of God that makes the saints aware of their own sinfulness.
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