vision
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[edit] English
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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.
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vision (countable and uncountable; plural visions)
- (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.
- (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.
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- (ability): sight, eyesight, view, perception
- (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage
- (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy
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sight
something imaginary
ideal or goal
a religious or mystical experience
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to 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.
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[edit] Finnish
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vision
- Genitive singular form of visio.
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From Latin visum, supine of the verb videre.
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vision f. (plural visions)
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[edit] Swedish
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vision c.
| Inflection for vision | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | vision | visionen | visioner | visionerna |
| Genitive | visions | visionens | visioners | visionernas |

