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envision

[ en-vizh-uh n ]

/ ɛnˈvɪʒ ən /

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verb (used with object)

to picture mentally, especially some future event or events: to envision a bright future.

Origin of envision

First recorded in 1920–25; en-¹ + vision

Words nearby envision

environmental science, environmentalism, environmentalist, environs, envisage, envision, envoy, envy, enweave, enwheel, enwind

Example sentences from the Web for envisioning

And you'd face some truly epic problems getting insurers to insure it in the way that I think the author is envisioning.

Should People Be Forced to Buy Liability Insurance for their Guns? |Megan McArdle |December 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
And he knew that he was envisioning something unprecedented.

Intimate Documentary on Maldives’ President Nasheed Coincides With His Ouster |Stephen Farber |March 31, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Envisioning a New Future for Women If you could picture a different world for women in the future, what would it look like?

Women in the World: Hillary Clinton, Meryl Streep & More Best Moments from the Summit |The Daily Beast Video |March 9, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
He had some pleasure later, though, envisioning what went elsewhere.

Pariah Planet |Murray Leinster

I'd been envisioning ourselves as marooned, yes, but relatively safe as long as we were thought to be dead.

Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 |Various
What child, envisioning a desert island all his own could imagine that his island would be the whole world?

The Most Sentimental Man |Evelyn E. Smith
And we were all dreamers, envisioning the seas with death grapples, ship and ship.

Wounds in the rain |Stephen Crane
Mademoiselle shuddered, envisioning some bloodthirsty, evil thing, unspeakably depraved.

Louisiana Lou |William West Winter

British Dictionary definitions for envisioning

envision

/ (ɪnˈvɪʒən) /

verb

(tr) to conceive of as a possibility, esp in the future; foresee