# vision

Pronunciation: US say "VIZH-uhn" /ˈvɪʒ.ən/; UK

## Noun

1. The faculty or power of sight.
   - Simple: The ability to see things with your eyes.
   - _Her vision blurred as the migraine set in._
   - _Owls rely on exceptional vision to hunt at night._
2. An ideal or goal that someone aspires to reach.
   - Simple: A goal or dream that you hope to reach one day.
   - _Her vision for the company centered on fair pay for all workers._
   - _The architect presented a bold vision for the new waterfront._
3. A picture or idea formed in the imagination, especially of something that might happen or exist.
   - Simple: A picture or idea in your mind, especially of something that might happen in the future.
   - _A sudden vision of the wedding day filled her with joy._
   - _The general described his vision of how the battle would unfold._
4. A forward-thinking outlook; the broad capacity to aspire and plan ahead.
   - Simple: The ability to think ahead and plan for the future.
   - _What set her apart as a founder was sheer vision._
   - _The committee's report showed no vision at all._
5. Something a person seems to see in a dream, trance, religious experience or illness that is not really there.
   - Simple: Something you seem to see in a dream, a religious experience, or when ill, but that is not really there.
   - _The mystic recorded a vision of angels descending the staircase._
   - _During his fast, the monk received a vision of a divine light._
6. Anything that is seen or that presents itself to the eye, such as a scene, a person, or an object.
   - Simple: Something that you see with your eyes.
   - _When the smoke finally cleared, the harbor lay before them, a grim vision of sunken boats and blackened piers._
   - _From the train window she caught a fleeting vision of the coast, gray cliffs and a single lighthouse, before the tunnel swallowed the view._
7. Someone or something that is exceptionally beautiful to look at.
   - Simple: A person or thing that looks amazingly beautiful.
   - _She descended the staircase, a vision in emerald silk._
   - _The restored ballroom was a vision, gilded and gleaming under the chandeliers._

## Verb

8. To picture something in the mind as if it were real or seen in a vision; to envision.
   - Simple: To imagine or picture something in your mind as if you could see it.
   - _Leaders must vision a better future before they can build it._
   - _At the planning meeting, residents broke into small groups to vision how the old rail yard might serve the neighborhood in twenty years._

## Verb

9. To provide someone with a vision. *(rare)*
   - Simple: To give someone a vision, such as a picture in the mind or a dream of the future.

## Other meanings

- (noun) Video pictures or footage for broadcast, whether recorded or live.

## Origin

This word came through Middle English visioun and Anglo-Norman/Old French vision from Latin vīsiō ("vision, seeing"), an action noun built from visus ("seen"), the participle of the verb videō ("I see").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/vision (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).