visions

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of vision.

   The prophet described his visions to the crowd gathered outside the temple.

   Her childhood visions of becoming an astronaut never quite faded.

   Note

   Only the countable meanings of vision have a plural, so this form never means eyesight. Visions are things seen, things one imagines one sees, glimpses of a possible future, or goals one works toward. A prophet's visions and a child's visions of a career sit side by side. Someone with poor vision has weak sight. Someone with grand visions has ambitions.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present indicative of vision.

   The director visions each scene in detail before the cameras roll.

   Whenever she plans a story, she first visions its closing moment.

   Note

   A verb form that always takes an object: one visions a scene, a future or an ending, and never simply visions. It can mean imagining something as if it were real, presenting something as in a vision, or granting someone a vision. The spelling is shared with the noun plural. In "she visions the ending," the singular subject and the object that follows mark it as the verb.

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