vision

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === enPR: vĭzh'ən, IPA(key): /ˈvɪʒ.ən/, [ˈvɪʒ.n̩] Rhymes: -ɪʒən === Noun === vision (countable and uncountable, plural visions) (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight. (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually. (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees. (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. (countable, by extension) A perceived potential future event or occurrence. (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires. (uncountable) General aspiration; forward-thinkingness. (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance. (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty. (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage. ==== Synonyms ==== (ability): sight, eyesight, view, perception, seeing, (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === vision (third-person singular simple present visions, present participle visioning, simple past and past participle visioned) (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true. (transitive) To present as in a vision. (transitive) To provide with a vision. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Synonyms ==== (imagine): envision ==== Derived terms ==== envision prevision ==== Descendants ==== → Urdu: ویژن === Anagrams === Voisin, inviso == Finnish == === Noun === vision genitive singular of visio === Anagrams === voisin == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French vision, from Old French vision, a learned borrowing from Latin vīsiō, from vīsus + -tiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vi.zjɔ̃/ Rhymes: -ɔ̃ Homophone: visions === Noun === vision f (plural visions) vision, sight Synonym: vue ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: vizyon === Further reading === “vision”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === voisin == Middle English == === Noun === vision alternative form of visioun == Middle French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French vision, a learned borrowing from Latin vīsiō, from vīsus + -tiō. === Noun === vision f (plural visions) vision, sight ==== Descendants ==== French: vision === References === vision on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French) == Old French == === Alternative forms === visioun, visiun (Anglo-Norman) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin vīsiō. === Noun === vision oblique singular, f (oblique plural visions, nominative singular vision, nominative plural visions) vision (supernatural sensory experience) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: visionFrench: vision → Middle English: visioun, vision, viseoun, vysion, vysyon, vysion, visione, visiun, visiowne, wisionEnglish: visionScots: veesion === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “vision”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. visiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub == Piedmontese == === Alternative forms === visiun === Etymology === From Latin vīsiō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /viˈzjuŋ/ === Noun === vision f (plural vision) vision == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɪˈɧuːn/ === Noun === vision c vision; something imaginary vision; a (grand) goal or idea ==== Declension ====