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[ en-vizh-uhn ] / ɛnˈvɪʒ ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR envision ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object)to picture mentally, especially some future event or events: to envision a bright future. Origin of envisionFirst recorded in 1920–25; en-1 + vision Words nearby envisionenvironmental psychology, environmental resistance, environmental science, environs, envisage, envision, envoy, envy, enweave, enwheel, enwind Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for envisionI mean, it’s something we talk a lot about on the show, what it takes not just to envision something special for yourself, but actually realize it. Full Transcript: Sean Spicer on ‘The Carlos Watson Show’|Daniel Malloy|August 26, 2020|Ozy A pause, as envisioned by Socrates, is the fertile ground from which good ideas sprout. The business advice Socrates would give if he wrote a management book today|jakemeth|August 25, 2020|Fortune They envision a national network—“a universe unto itself” where cell phones would share a single area code. When cell phones were a “hot new industry”|Karen Yuan|August 20, 2020|Fortune The agency envisioned a centralized national system that would integrate both physical and digital surveillance using the latest technology. Inside China’s unexpected quest to protect data privacy|Tate Ryan-Mosley|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
He said he envisions manufacturers creating different software modules for each portion of the anatomy that is typically scanned. Facebook and NYU researchers discover a way to speed up MRI scans|Jeremy Kahn|August 18, 2020|Fortune Did you envision your Pryor biography as extending your previous investigation—aesthetically and historically? How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America|David Yaffe, Scott Saul|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Urban economists, particularly those on the self-satisfied coasts, tend to envision utter hopelessness for the region. The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead|Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST They envision a group of stealth killers each with a seek-and-destroy mission killing cancer “naturally.” Are Viruses the Next Cure for Cancer?|Kent Sepkowitz|May 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST That is my faith, even if the pain of the present moment is too excruciating to envision what it might be. A Bishop’s Decision to Divorce|Gene Robinson|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST But even standing within spitting distance of The Pearl was close enough for me to envision better days ahead. ‘When the Garden Was Eden’: Why New York City Needs the Knicks Now More Than Ever|Robert Silverman|April 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST A trained man could envision a drug that would serve any desired purpose. The Saracen: The Holy War|Robert Shea It was not easy to envision, but he found it impossible to imagine sinking back to his former state. The Forgotten Planet|Murray Leinster Ken found it hard to envision the Earth stirring with this much life after the destruction that had passed over it. The Year When Stardust Fell|Raymond F. Jones It was powered, equipped, and armed to meet any emergency which Gharlane's tremendous mind had been able to envision. Triplanetary|Edward Elmer Smith They could envision the meeting of those problems, and they could envision the obtaining of jungle-plows. The Pirates of Ersatz|Murray Leinster
British Dictionary definitions for envision
verb(tr) to conceive of as a possibility, esp in the future; foresee Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to envisionvisualize, foresee, predict, anticipate, regard, realize, contemplate, see, conceive, envisage, materialize, image, feature, fancy, survey, externalize, imagine, grasp, objectify, behold |