vision

See also Vision, and visión

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin visio (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videre (“to see”) + action noun suffix -io.

Pronunciation

• enPR: vĭzh'ən, IPA: /ˈvɪʒ(ə)n/, X-SAMPA: /"vIZ(@)n/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɪʒən

Noun

vision (countable and uncountable; plural visions)

1. (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
2. (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

   He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.

3. (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

   He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.

4. (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.

   He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.

5. (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.

Synonyms

• (ability): sight, eyesight, view, perception
• (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage
• (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy

Derived terms

Terms derived from vision

binocular vision double vision personal vision prevision

visible visibility vision statement visionary

visioner visual

Translations

sense or ability of sight

• Arabic: رؤية (ar) (ruʔya) f
• Asturian: vista (ast) f, visión (ast) f
• Catalan: vista (ca) f, visió (ca) f
• Cherokee: ᎠᎪᏩᏛᏗ (chr) (agowadvdi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視力 (cmn), 视力 (cmn) (shìlì), 視覺 (cmn), 视觉 (cmn) (shìjué), 眼力 (cmn) (yǎnlì)

• Czech: zrak (cs) m, vidění (cs) n
• Dutch: zicht (nl) n, gezichtsvermogen (nl) n
• Estonian: nägemine (et)
• Finnish: näkö (fi), näkökyky (fi), näköaisti (fi)
• French: vision (fr) f, vue (fr) f
• Galician: vista (gl) f, visión (gl) f
• Georgian: მხედველობა (ka) (mxedveloba)
• German: Sicht (de) f, Sehkraft (de) f
• Greek: όραση (el) (órasi) f
• Italian: vista (it) f

• Japanese: 視覚 (ja) (しかく, shikaku)
• Korean: 시력 (ko) (siryeok)
• Macedonian: вид (mk) (vid) m, гледање (mk) (glédanje) n
• Persian: بینش (fa) (bineš), بینایی (fa) (bināyi)
• Polish: widzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: vista (pt) f, visão (pt) f
• Romanian: vedere (ro) f
• Russian: зрение (ru) (zrénije) n
• Scottish Gaelic: radharc (gd) m
• Spanish: vista (es) f, visión (es) f
• Swahili: taswira (sw)
• Swedish: syn (sv) c
• Telugu: దృష్టి (te) (dRshTi)

something imaginary

• Asturian: visión (ast) f
• Catalan: visió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 前景 (cmn) (qiánjǐng), 願景 (cmn), 愿景 (cmn) (yuànjǐng), 展望 (cmn) (zhǎnwàng)

• Czech: vidění (cs) n
• Dutch: droombeeld (nl) n, visioen (nl) n, geestesverschijning (nl) f
• Estonian: nägemus (et)
• Finnish: näky (fi), kangastus (fi)
• French: vision (fr) f
• Galician: visión (gl) f
• Georgian: წარმოდგენა (ka) (carmodgena)
• German: Vision (de) f
• Greek: όραμα (el) (órama) n
• Hungarian: képzeletbeli (hu)

• Italian: visione (it) f
• Japanese: 幻視 (ja) (げんし, genshi), 幻覚 (ja) (げんかく, genkaku)
• Macedonian: привидение (mk) (prividénie) n
• Portuguese: visão (pt) f
• Romanian: viziune (ro) f
• Russian: видение (ru) (vídenije) n, привидение (ru) (prividénie) n
• Spanish: visión (es) f
• Swahili: taswira (sw), jazanda (sw)
• Swedish: syn (sv) c, vision (sv) c, hägring (sv) c
• Telugu: భ్రమ (te) (bhrama)

ideal or goal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 展望 (cmn) (zhǎnwàng)

• Czech: vize (cs) f
• Dutch: visie (nl) f, kijk (nl) m
• Estonian: nägemus (et)
• Finnish: visio (fi), haave (fi)
• French: aspiration (fr) f
• German: Traumbild (de) n, Vision (de) f
• Greek: όραμα (el) (órama) n
• Italian: visione (it) f

• Japanese: 目標 (ja) (mokuhyō), 展望 (ja) (tenbō)
• Macedonian: визија (mk) (vízija) f
• Persian: چشم انداز (fa) (ĉašm andāz)
• Portuguese: objetivo (pt) m
• Romanian: viziune (ro) f, obiectiv (ro) n (scop)
• Spanish: visión (es) f
• Swahili: taswira (sw)
• Swedish: vision (sv) c
• Telugu: దర్శనం (te) (darSanaM)

a religious or mystical experience

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異象 (cmn), 异象 (cmn) (yìxiàng)

• Dutch: visioen (nl) n
• Estonian: ilmutus (et)
• Finnish: ilmestys (fi), näky (fi)
• French: vision (fr) f, apparition (fr) f
• Georgian: ხილვა (ka) (xilva)
• German: Vision (de) f
• Greek: όραμα (el) (órama) n
• Hungarian: látomás (hu)
• Italian: visione (it) f

• Japanese: (order by God) 啓示 (ja) (keiji)
• Latin: somnium (la) n
• Macedonian: привидение (mk) (prividénie) n
• Norwegian: åpenbaring (no) m and f
• Polish: wizja (pl) f
• Portuguese: visão (pt) f
• Romanian: vedenie (ro) f, viziune (ro) f, apariție (ro) f
• Russian: видение (ru) (vídenije) n
• Spanish: visión (es) f
• Swahili: kizuka (sw)
• Swedish: syn (sv) c

a person or thing

• Finnish: näky (fi)
• Swahili: kizuka (sw)

• Swedish: syn (sv) c

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• Slovak: zrak m (1)

Verb

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.

Synonyms

• envision

Derived terms

envision

prevision

Anagrams

• inviso

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Finnish

Noun

vision

1. Genitive singular form of visio.

Anagrams

• voisin

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French

Etymology

From Latin visum, supine of the verb videre.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /viz.jɔ̃/, X-SAMPA: /viz.jO~/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: visions

Noun

vision f (plural visions)

1. vision, sight

Derived terms

• télévision
• visible
• visionaire
• visionner

Anagrams

• voisin

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Swedish

Noun

vision c

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

Declension

Declension of vision

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vision	visionen	visioner	visionerna
genitive	visions	visionens	visioners	visionernas