envision — 1914, from EN (Cf. en ) (1) make, put in + VISION (Cf. vision). Related: Envisioned; envisioning. Earlier (1827) is envision d in sense endowed with vision … Etymology dictionary
envision — index conceive (comprehend), expect (consider probable), predict, presage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
envision — ► VERB ▪ visualize; envisage … English terms dictionary
envision — [en vizh′ən, invizh′ən] vt. [ EN 1 + VISION] to imagine (something not yet in existence); picture in the mind … English World dictionary
envision — envisage, envision 1. Envisage is an early 19c loanword from French, meaning at first ‘to look in the face of’ and then (its current meaning) ‘to have a mental picture of (something yet to happen)’. Fowler (1926) dismissed it as an ‘undesirable… … Modern English usage
envision — (esp. AmE) verb ADVERB ▪ initially, originally ▪ The work took longer than initially envisioned. ▪ easily ▪ I can easily envision them working together. ▪ … Collocations dictionary
envision — en|vi|sion [ ın vıʒn ] verb transitive to imagine that something will happen in the future, or is happening now: That s a very different process from the one I envisioned. envision (someone) doing something: I can envision eighth graders having… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
envision — [[t]ɪnvɪ̱ʒ(ə)n[/t]] envisions, envisioning, envisioned VERB If you envision something, you envisage it. [AM; also BRIT, LITERARY] [V n] In the future we envision a federation of companies... [V that] Most people do stop at this point, not… … English dictionary
envision — UK [ɪnˈvɪʒ(ə)n] / US verb [transitive] Word forms envision : present tense I/you/we/they envision he/she/it envisions present participle envisioning past tense envisioned past participle envisioned American to envisage … English dictionary
envision — /en vizh euhn/, v.t. to picture mentally, esp. some future event or events: to envision a bright future. [1920 25; EN 1 + VISION] * * * … Universalium
