envisage

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US /ɛnˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ/
verb Freq #56952

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To imagine or picture something as a future possibility.

    I can't envisage finishing the report by Friday.

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Synonyms
1 verb · to imagine or picture... imagineenvision
Word family
Forms envisagedenvisagesenvisaging

Etymology

From French envisager, from en (“in”) + visage (“visage”); equivalent to en- + visage.

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