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vi·sion  audio  (vzhn) KEY  

NOUN:
    1. The faculty of sight; eyesight: poor vision.
    2. Something that is or has been seen.
  1. Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight: a leader of vision.
  2. The manner in which one sees or conceives of something.
  3. A mental image produced by the imagination.
  4. The mystical experience of seeing as if with the eyes the supernatural or a supernatural being.
  5. A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
vi·sioned , vi·sion·ing , vi·sions
To see in or as if in a vision; envision.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vsi , vsin-, from vsus, past participle of vidre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
vision·al (Adjective), vision·al·ly (Adverb)


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