envisageverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈvɪz.ɪdʒ/us/ɪnˈvɪz.ɪdʒ/formal US also envisionC1 to imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good:
Train fare increases of 15 percent are envisaged for the next year.
[ + that ] It's envisaged that building will start at the end of this year.
[ + -ing verb ] When do you envisage finishing the project?
[ + question word ] It's hard to envisage how it might happen.
to form a mental picture of something or someone you have never seen:
He wasn't what I'd expected - I'd envisaged someone much taller.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Predicting things and intuition
- augur
- augury
- bellwether
- betcha
- bode
- far-sighted
- intuition
- intuitive
- nasty
- omen
- ominous
- projection
- prophetic
- psychic
- read sb's mind idiom
- read sb's palm idiom
- read the runes idiom
- scenario
- scent
- visionary
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