vision

B1 Topic:Senses & Perception

US /ˈvɪʒ.n̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #2447

Meanings

1

noun
The ability to see; sight.

Glasses improved her vision greatly.
2

noun
An idea or goal of how things should be in the future.

He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.
3

noun
A vivid image or scene formed in the mind.

I had a sudden vision of my childhood home.
4

noun
A religious or supernatural experience of seeing something not really there.

She claimed to have had a vision of an angel.

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2 noun · an idea or goal of how... aspiration dream

4 noun · a religious or supernatural... apparition hallucination

More ken

Opposites

ablepsiablindness cecityfarsightednesshyperopiamyopianearsightedness purblindnessshortsightedness

Word family

Forms visionedvisioningvisions

Derived forms envisionpick-by-visionprevisionsmell-o-visionvisibility visiblevision-impairedvisionaryvisionervisual

Related forms eye

Etymology

From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“to see”) + action noun suffix -iō.

*weyd- Proto-Indo-European visioun Middle English vision Old French vīsiō Latin

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# vision

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈvɪʒ.n̩/
**Frequency rank:** 2447

## Meanings
1. The ability to see; sight.
2. An idea or goal of how things should be in the future.
3. A vivid image or scene formed in the mind.
4. A religious or supernatural experience of seeing something not really there.

## Examples
- Glasses improved her vision greatly.
- He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.
- I had a sudden vision of my childhood home.
- She claimed to have had a vision of an angel.

## Synonyms
- ken

## Antonyms
- ablepsia
- blindness
- cecity
- farsightedness
- hyperopia
- myopia
- nearsightedness
- purblindness
- shortsightedness

## Derived Forms
- envision
- pick-by-vision
- prevision
- smell-o-vision
- visibility
- visible
- vision-impaired
- visionary
- visioner
- visual

## Related Forms
- eye

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weyd-
- Root: visioun
- Root: vision
- Root: vīsiō

## Etymology
From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“to see”) + action noun suffix -iō.

## AI Etymology
Vision is from Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“to see”) + action noun suffix -iō. Important historical forms include Proto-Indo-European *weyd-, Middle English visioun, Anglo-Norman visioun, Old French vision, and Latin vīsiō. In present-day use, it can mean the ability to see; sight, or a idea or goal of how things should be in the future.

## Topics
- Senses & Perception

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