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vision noun [ ˈvɪʒ(ə)n ]

• the faculty or state of being able to see.
• "she had defective vision"
Similar: eyesight, sight, power of sight, faculty of sight, ability to see, power of seeing, powers of observation, observation, perception, visual perception, eyes, field of vision, view, perspective,
• the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom.
• "the organization had lost its vision and direction"
Similar: imagination, creativity, creative power, inventiveness, innovation, inspiration, intuition, perceptiveness, perception, breadth of view, foresight, insight, far-sightedness, prescience, discernment, awareness, penetration, shrewdness, sharpness, cleverness,
• an experience of seeing someone or something in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition.
• "the idea came to him in a vision"
Similar: apparition, spectre, phantom, hallucination, ghost, wraith, shadow, manifestation, chimera, illusion, mirage, image, bodach, duppy, spook, phantasm, shade, revenant, wight, visitant, eidolon, manes,
• a person or sight of unusual beauty.
• "madame was a vision in black velvet"
Similar: beautiful sight, vision of loveliness, feast for the eyes, pleasure to behold, delight, dream, beauty, spectacle, picture, joy, marvel, sensation, sight for sore eyes, eyeful, stunner, cracker, smasher, knockout, looker, good-looker, bobby-dazzler, peach, honey,

vision verb

• imagine.
• "we visioned a small lawn surrounded with a perfect tangle of trees"
Origin: Middle English (denoting a supernatural apparition): via Old French from Latin visio(n- ), from videre ‘to see’.


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