vision

Meanings

Noun

• The sense or ability of sight.
• Something seen; an object perceived visually.
• Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
• Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
• An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
• A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
• A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
• Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.

Verb

• To imagine something as if it were to be true.
• To present as in a vision.
• To provide with a vision.

Related

Similar words

• sight, eyesight, view, perception
• apparition, hallucination, mirage
• dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy
• envision

Origin

• From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō, noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus, from the verb videō + action noun suffix -iō.