vision
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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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Noun [edit]
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.
Synonyms [edit]
- (ability): sight, eyesight, view, perception
- (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage
- (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy
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Terms derived from vision
Translations [edit]
sense or ability of sight
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something imaginary
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ideal or goal
a religious or mystical experience
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Verb [edit]
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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Finnish [edit]
Noun [edit]
vision
- Genitive singular form of visio.
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French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin visum, supine of the verb videre.
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Noun [edit]
vision f (plural visions)
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Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
vision c
Declension [edit]
Declension of vision
| singular | plural | |||
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| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | vision | visionen | visioner | visionerna |
| genitive | visions | visionens | visioners | visionernas |