vision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vĭzh'ən
ipa: /ˈvɪʒ.ən/
ipa: [ˈvɪʒ.n̩]
rhymes: -ɪʒən
Forms: form: visions
Etymology: From Middle English visioun, 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.
Senses: glosses: The sense or ability of sight.
examples: text: […]For to a Viſion ſo apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute[…]
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: 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!
ref: 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid:
glosses: Something seen; an object perceived visually.
examples: text: He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.
text: Visitations are a commonly reported afterlife phenomenon. For example, a dying patient has a vision of her mother, who has been dead for twenty years.
ref: 2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 107:
glosses: Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 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:
glosses: Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
examples: text: I know you wanted me to stay
But I can't ignore the crazy visions of me in LA
ref: 2020 April 3, Chappell Roan, Dan Nigro, “Pink Pony Club”performed by Chappell Roan:
glosses: A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
examples: text: He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.
glosses: An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
examples: text: I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the—
ref: 1985, Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, in Songs from the Big Chair, performed by Tears for Fears:
glosses: General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
examples: text: He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
glosses: A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
glosses: A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
glosses: Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
Synonyms: sense: ability
word: sight
sense: ability
word: eyesight
sense: ability
word: view
sense: ability
word: perception
sense: ability
word: seeing
sense: something imaginary
word: apparition
sense: something imaginary
word: hallucination
sense: something imaginary
word: mirage
sense: ideal or goal
word: dream
sense: ideal or goal
word: desire
sense: ideal or goal
word: aspiration
sense: ideal or goal
word: fantasy
word: ken
word: vision
Hypernyms: word: sense
Derived terms: beatific vision
binocular vision
Brobdingnagian vision
computer vision
computer vision syndrome
distance vision
double vision
field of vision
heat vision
Lilliputian vision
near vision
night vision
peripheral vision
personal vision
pick-by-vision
point of vision
prevision
rear vision mirror
rear-vision mirror
Smell-O-Vision
smell-o-vision
tunnel vision
visibility
visible
visionary
vision board
vision boarding
visioner
vision-impaired
vision impaired
vision loss
vision mixer
vision out
vision panel
vision purple
vision quest
vision statement
vision thing
visual
X-ray vision
Related terms: word: eye