vision

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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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Synonyms

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

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

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Opposites

ablepsiablindness cecityfarsightednesshyperopiamyopianearsightedness purblindnessshortsightedness

Word family

Forms visionedvisioningvisions

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

Related forms eye

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Simplified etymology

Vision came into Middle English through Old French from a Latin formation based on videre “to see.” Its earliest English sense was “a supernatural apparition.” The same Latin verb lies behind revise, provide, visit, and visual.

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
- Abstract Ideas

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