Definitions for vision
ˈvɪʒ ənvi·sion

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. vision(noun)

   a vivid mental image

   "he had a vision of his own death"

2. sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality(noun)

   the ability to see; the visual faculty

3. vision, visual sensation(noun)

   the perceptual experience of seeing

   "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light"

4. imagination, imaginativeness, vision(noun)

   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"

5. vision(noun)

   a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance

   "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. vision(Noun)

   The sense or ability of sight.

   Etymology: From visio, noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus, from the verb videre + action noun suffix -io.

2. vision(Noun)

   Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

   He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.

   Etymology: From visio, noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus, from the verb videre + action noun suffix -io.

3. vision(Noun)

   An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

   He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.

   Etymology: From visio, noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus, from the verb videre + action noun suffix -io.

4. vision(Noun)

   A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.

   He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.

   Etymology: From visio, noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus, from the verb videre + action noun suffix -io.

5. vision(Noun)

   A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.

   Etymology: From visio, noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus, from the verb videre + action noun suffix -io.

6. vision(Verb)

   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.

Webster Dictionary(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Vision

   the act of seeing external objects; actual sight

   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.]

2. 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

   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.]

3. Vision

   that which is seen; an object of sight

   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.]

4. 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

   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.]

5. Vision

   hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy

   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.]

6. Vision(verb)

   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.]

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1. 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(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

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1. vision

   A collective 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  

2. vision

   The act, fact, sense and ability of sight and to see.

   The vision was crystal clear and all have the ability to see with crystal clear eyesight.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 3, 2020  

3. 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  

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1. vision

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'vision' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2391

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'vision' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4450

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'vision' in Nouns Frequency: #967

Anagrams for vision »

1. inviso

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of vision in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of vision in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of vision in a Sentence

1. Louis Farrakhan:

   It was Mrs. Sanger who advocated population control of black and poor people, in a 1939 letter, Margaret Sanger wrote about getting the black preachers to help with Margaret Sanger efforts. Margaret Sanger said, ‘ we don’t want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population. ’ … And when Bill Clinton received the award, [ Margaret Sanger said ] I admire Margaret Sanger enormously. Margaret Sanger courage. Margaret Sanger tenacity. Margaret Sanger vision. ’ Now they have to admit that the war on drugs was a war on black people.

2. Chris Lane:

   I doubt the types of investors that are in discussions regarding [ Vision Fund 2 ] will change their mind, however, they are likely to insist on better governance for the fund in terms of transparency of decision making, and are likely to insist on governance standards for the investee companies.

3. June McKoy:

   Patients are often losing everything, they are losing their hearing a little bit, their vision a little bit, their husband might be dead, their friends are dying, but they still have their car.

4. Joel Friedman:

   That document ... will be President Obama's final vision of how he lays out the fiscal future for the country, i don't think anyone expects it to be enacted this year. Republicans aren't going to embrace it, but that doesn't mean it's not going to be a useful document.

5. Alfred Sommer:

   To most people, especially ophthalmologists, common sense would suggest that there is little harm in simply measuring the vision at a distance during a patient’s routine visit to their primary care physician, nor can one conceive how that might prove harmful.

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