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

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

vision·al adj.
vision·al·ly adv.

vision
Noun
1. the ability to see
2. a vivid mental image produced by the imagination: I kept having visions of him being tortured
3. a hallucination caused by divine inspiration, madness, or drugs: visions of God
4. great perception of future developments: what he had instead of charisma was vision
5. the image on a television screen
6. a person or thing of extraordinary beauty [Latin visio sight, from videre to see]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.visionvision - a vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death"
imagery, imaging, mental imagery, imagination - the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination"
prevision - a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
retrovision - a vision of events in the distant past
2.visionvision - the ability to see; the visual faculty
visual system - the sensory system for vision
sense modality, sensory system, modality - a particular sense
exteroception - sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
stigmatism - normal eyesight
achromatic vision - vision using the rods
acuity, sharp-sightedness, visual acuity - sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
binocular vision - vision involving the use of both eyes
central vision - vision using the fovea and parafovea; the middle part of the visual field
chromatic vision, color vision, trichromacy - the normal ability to see colors
distance vision - vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer
eyesight, sightedness, seeing - normal use of the faculty of vision
monocular vision - vision with only one eye
near vision - vision for objects 2 feet or closer to the viewer
night vision, night-sight, scotopic vision, twilight vision - the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)
daylight vision, photopic vision - normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived
peripheral vision - vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina
3.visionvision - the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light"
aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression - an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation; "a sensation of touch"
4.visionvision - the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"
creative thinking, creativeness, creativity - the ability to create
fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
fancy - a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
fantasy, phantasy - imagination unrestricted by reality; "a schoolgirl fantasy"
dreaming, dream - imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; "he lives in a dream that has nothing to do with reality"
imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
5.vision - a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"
experience - an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"

vision
noun 1. image, idea, dream, plans, hopes, prospect, ideal, concept, fancy, fantasy, conception, delusion, daydream, reverie, flight of fancy, mental picture, pipe dream, imago Psychoanalysis castle in the air, fanciful notion
noun 5. picture, dream, sight, delight, beauty, joy, sensation, spectacle, knockout (informal) beautiful sight, perfect picture, feast for the eyes, sight for sore eyes, pearler Austral. (slang) beaut Austral., N.Z. (slang)
Translations

vision [ˈvɪʒən] n (= sight) → vista (= foresight), (in dream) → visión f
vision [ˈvɪʒən] n (= sight) → vue f, vision f (= foresight), (in dream) → vision
vision [ˈvɪʒən] n (sight) → Sicht f;
(foresight) → Weitblick m;
(in dream) → Vision f
vision [ˈvɪʒən] n (= sight) → vista (= foresight), (in dream) → visione f

vision
n vision [ˈviʒən]
1 something seen in the imagination or in a dream God appeared to him in a vision. visioen طَيْف، رُؤْيَه في الخَيال видение vidění drømmesyn die Vision όραμα visión nägemus, kujutlus رویا näky vision רְאִייָה दृष्टि vizija, priviđenje látomás bayangan sÿn; vitrun, hugsÿn visione 幻想 환영, 환상 regėjimas, vizija vīzija; sapnis wawasan visioen syn, visjon widzenie, wizja visão viziune мечта; видение videnie, vízia duhovno videnje vizija syn, vision จินตนาการ hayal 夢幻(境) мрія تصور điều mơ thấy, cảnh mộng
2 the ability to see or plan into the future Politicians should be men of vision. visie رؤيا прозорливост předvídavost vision der Weitblick διορατικότητα, οραματικότητα visión (de futuro) ettenägemisvõime بصیرت näkemys clairvoyance חָזוֹן दूरदर्शिता vizionarstvo éleslátás wawasan framsÿni sagacia, intuito 洞察力 선견지명, 전망 įžvalgumas iztēle; iztēles spēja wawasan visie framsynthet, klarsyn wyobraźnia visão clar­vizi­une дальновидность predvídavosť vizija vizija framsynthet ทัศนวิสัย ileri görüş 眼光 проникливість; передбачливість دور بيني، ژرف نگاہي tầm nhìn rộng
3 the ability to see or the sense of sight He is slowly losing his vision. sig إبْصار зрение zrak syn die Sehkraft όραση vista, visión nägemine بینایی näkökyky vue רְאִייָה दृष्टि vid látóképesség, látás penglihatan sjón vista 視力 시력, 시각 regėjimas redze; redzes spēja penglihatan gezichtsvermogen syn(sevne) wzrok visão vedere зрение zrak vid vid syn[] การเห็นหรือรู้ล่วงหน้า görme yeteneği 視力 зір بصارت thị lực


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