What does vision mean?
Definitions for vision
ˈvɪʒ ənvi·sion
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word vision.
Princeton's WordNet
visionnoun
a vivid mental image
"he had a vision of his own death"
sight, vision, visual sense, visual modalitynoun
the ability to see; the visual faculty
vision, visual sensationnoun
the perceptual experience of seeing
"the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light"
imagination, imaginativeness, visionnoun
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
"popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"
visionnoun
a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance
"he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"
Wiktionary
visionnoun
The sense or ability of sight.
visionnoun
Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.
visionnoun
An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.
visionnoun
A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
visionnoun
A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
visionverb
To imagine something as if it were to be true.
Etymology: From visio, noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus, from the verb videre + action noun suffix -io.
ChatGPT
vision
Vision refers to the ability to perceive or interpret information and surroundings from the light that reaches the eyes. It is one of the five senses. In a broader sense, it can also refer to the ability to imagine or plan for the future, or a mental image or concept about what is to come.
Webster Dictionary
Vision
the act of seeing external objects; actual sight
Vision
the faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve
Vision
that which is seen; an object of sight
Vision
especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah
Vision
hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy
Visionverb
to see in a vision; to dream
Etymology: [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre, visum, to see: akin to Gr. to see, I know, and E. wit. See Wit, v., and cf. Advice, Clairvoyant, Envy, Evident, Provide, Revise, Survey, View, Visage, Visit.]
Freebase
Vision
The Vision is the name of a number of fictional characters, each superheroes, that appear in comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Vision is an android and a member of the Avengers.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Vision
vizh′un, n. the act or sense of seeing: sight: anything seen: anything imagined to be seen: a divine revelation: an apparition: anything imaginary.—v.t. to see as a vision: to present as in a vision.—n. (Scot.) Visie (viz′i), a close look at anything.—adj. Vis′ional, pertaining to a vision, not real.—adv. Vis′ionally.—n. Vis′ionariness.—adj. Vis′ionary, affected by visions: apt to see visions, imaginative: existing in imagination only: not real.—n. one who sees visions: one who forms impracticable schemes.—adj. Vis′ioned (rare), inspired so as to see visions: seen in a vision, spectral.—n. Vis′ionist, a visionary person, one who believes in visions.—adj. Vis′ionless, destitute of vision.—Beatific vision (see Beatify); Centre, Point, of vision, the position from which anything is observed, or represented as being seen. [Fr.,—L. visio, visionis—vidēre, visum, to see; cf. Gr. idein, Eng. wit.]
Editors Contribution
vision
A collective project, task or picture of what a team of people choose to focus on and achieve united with each other.
The collective vision is accurate and crystal clear of what we choose to create together, optimum health, shared prosperity for all and a world united in perfect harmony.
Submitted by MaryC on April 7, 2020
vision
The act, fact, sense and ability of sight and seeing.
The vision was crystal clear and all have the ability to see with crystal clear eyesight.
Submitted by MaryC on April 3, 2020
vision
To create a picture with the mind and imagination.
We are using our sense of vision to create the world we choose as a collective humanity.
Submitted by MaryC on April 28, 2020
visionnoun
Traveling through en route to a destination from the initial letters being on the pattern of words in imagination. 0.) A rooted plan firmly in place for future reservations of this resulting state or product. 1.) The faculty or state of being able to see a mental image of what the future will or could be like the images seen on a television screen. 2.) An experience of seeing someone or something in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition. 3.) A vivid mental image, a fanciful one of the future. A person or sight of unusual beauty. Imagine to see.
The most beautiful vision that I have ever seen is in my imagination written in revelation.
Etymology: New Jerusalem
Submitted by Tony_Elyon on November 18, 2023
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Rank popularity for the word 'vision' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2391
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Rank popularity for the word 'vision' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4450
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Rank popularity for the word 'vision' in Nouns Frequency: #967
Anagrams for vision »
inviso
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of vision in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of vision in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of vision in a Sentence
It is said that you must have a vision before you manifest and once you have the vision your next step should be to map down your journey. It means you need to have a plan. You must plan what is the direction you will follow to reach to your vision. It is important to understand that your plan must be accordance with the vision. Hence always remember that you plan can be moulded but you vision must remain constant.
I think that there are two paths for AI in digital media, one path is the obvious path that a lot of people will do — but it’s a depressing path — using the technology for cost savings and spamming out a bunch of SEO articles that are lower quality than what a journalist could do, but a tenth of the cost. That’s one vision, but to me, that’s a depressing vision and a shortsighted vision because in the long run it’s not going to work.
Vision without a task is only a dream. A task without a vision is but drudgery. But vision with a task is a dream fulfilled.
Octavio Jones/Getty Images has every right to be angry, but if you stay at a place of anger, right, you are ignoring everything that is going on around you. You’re no longer looking and accessing things in the way that you should be accessing things because you’re holding on to this almost vengeful spirit, is he going to get over the trauma of the election of 2020 and begin to paint a vision for 2024 ? What is Octavio Jones/Getty Images vision for 2024 ? Is it I ’m back ? Because that’s not a vision to me. It needs to be more than, ‘ I ’m back. ’.
My vision was not a partisan vision. It was a vision about people, about what we could accomplish together, if we are to flourish as a people, we have to fall in love with America again.
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- رؤيةArabic
- зрокBelarusian
- ви́зия, зре́ниеBulgarian
- visió, vistaCatalan, Valencian
- vidění, vidina, vize, zrakCzech
- visionDanish
- Vision, Sicht, Sehkraft, TraumbildGerman
- όραμα, όρασηGreek
- vizioEsperanto
- visión, vistaSpanish
- nägemus, ilmutus, nägemineEstonian
- بینایی, چشم انداز, بینش, دیدPersian
- näky, kangastus, näkö, visio, näkökyky, näköaisti, ilmestys, haaveFinnish
- apparition, vue, vision, aspirationFrench
- físIrish
- radharcScottish Gaelic
- visión, vistaGalician
- दृष्टिHindi
- képzeletbeli, látomásHungarian
- vista, visioneItalian
- חָזוֹןHebrew
- 目標, 幻覚, 展望, 啓示, 視覚, 幻視, ビジョンJapanese
- წარმოდგენა, მხედველობა, ხილვაGeorgian
- ದೃಷ್ಟಿKannada
- 시각, 시력Korean
- somnium, visioLatin
- гле́дање, вид, привиде́ние, ви́зијаMacedonian
- droombeeld, visioen, kijk, geestesverschijning, zicht, visie, gezichtsvermogenDutch
- åpenbaring, visjonNorwegian
- wzrok, wizja, widzeniePolish
- objetivo, visão, vistaPortuguese
- vedere, obiectiv, vedenie, viziune, aparițieRomanian
- ви́дение, виде́ние, зре́ние, привиде́ние, видениеRussian
- вид, vidSerbo-Croatian
- zrakSlovak
- vidSlovene
- vision, hägring, synSwedish
- taswira, kizuka, jazandaSwahili
- భ్రమ, దర్శనం, దృష్టిTelugu
- vizyonTurkish
- зір, баченняUkrainian
- اولین مقصدUrdu
- thị giácVietnamese
- זעאונגYiddish
- 视力Chinese
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