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vi·sion
I. \ˈvizhən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vision-, visio, from visus (past participle of vidēre to see) + -ion-, -io -ion — more at wit
1.
a. : something seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight : an imaginary, supernatural, or prophetic sight beheld in sleep or ecstasy; especially : one that conveys a revelation
< a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men — Job 33:15 (Authorized Version) >
b. : a writing (as a poem) purporting to represent something beheld in a revelatory dream, trance, or ecstasy — compare dream vision
< the masterpieces of the Middle Ages … the story cycle and the allegorical vision — Boris Ford >
c. : a vivid concept or object of imaginative contemplation
< brought visions of wealth to be gained in silk culture — American Guide Series: Delaware >
d. : the apparition of a person (as in a dream) : phantom
< thus the vision spoke — John Dryden >
e. : a visual image without corporeal presence; especially : a manifestation to the senses of something immaterial (as a spiritual being or state)
< the baseless fabric of this vision — Shakespeare >
< look, not at visions, but at realities — Edith Wharton >
2.
a. : the act or power of perceiving mental images (as those formed by the imagination)
< a listlessness of vision behind a veneer of technical virtuosity — G.A.Wagner >
b.
(1) : a mode or way of seeing
< trying to express his vision in terms of recognizable subject matter — Times Literary Supplement >
< every vision of the world implies some sort of philosophy — Walter Lippmann >
(2) : unusual discernment or foresight
< a man of vision >
< planning that combines realism with vision — advt >
c. : direct mystical awareness of the supernatural usually in visible form
< a spirit and a Vision … beyond all that the mortal and perishing nature can produce — William Blake >
3.
a. : the act or power of seeing : visual sensation or the capacity for it : sight
< the vision of the audience comprised the speakers and actors of the play — Harley Granville-Barker >
< cast out from God and blessed vision — John Milton >
b. : the special sense that is concerned with the perception and distinguishing of the qualities of an object (as color, luminosity, shape and size) constituting its appearance, that is mediated by the rods and cones of the retina stimulated by light projected from the object through the lens of the eye, and that is conducted centrally by the optic nerves and is coordinated especially by centers in the lateral geniculate bodies and the occipital portion of the cerebral cortex
4.
a. : something seen : an object of sight
< this glorious vision of manly strength and beauty — G.B.Shaw >
b. : something seen of such charm as to seem imaginary
< she was a vision in that dress >
c. : a momentary sight : glimpse
< had caught a vision of her, of something eager, cleverly active — J.D.Beresford >
5. : a figure of speech by which something present to the imagination (as a person or scene) is represented as actually before the eyes (as in Tennyson's “I see the wealthy miller yet, his double chin, his portly size”) — compare apostrophe 1
6. : a small motion-picture scene photographed by double exposure within a larger one usually to indicate the thought of an actor at a particular moment — compare dissolve
Synonyms: see fancy
II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
1. : to make evident to the sight : show forth : display
< the anger of God apparently visioned … unto thee in the knitting of my brows — Thomas Nash >
2. : to see in or as if in a vision : imagine, envision
< visioned the tiny town as the future metropolis — American Guide Series: Oregon >
< visioned a life of failure stretching before me — David Fairchild > |