vision
- 1) noun, the act, faculty, or manner of perceiving with the eye; sight
- 2) noun, a) the image on a television screen b) (as modifier)
- 3) noun, the ability or an instance of great perception, esp of future developments
- 4) noun, a mystical or religious experience of seeing some supernatural event, person, etc
- 5) noun, that which is seen, esp in such a mystical experience
- 6) noun, a vivid mental image produced by the imagination
- 7) noun, a person or thing of extraordinary beauty
- 8) noun, the stated aims and objectives of a business or other organization
- 9) verb, to see or show in or as if in a vision
Etymology
C13: from Latin vīsiō sight, from vidēre to see
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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inspiration, dream, hope, innovation, dream, fancy, beauty, reverie, imagination, delight, joy, image, idea, plan, prospect, ideal, concept, fantasy, conception, delusion, daydream, pipe dream, imago (Psychoanalysis), castle in the air, hallucination, illusion, apparition, revelation, ghost, phantom, delusion, spectre, mirage, wraith, chimera, phantasm, sight, seeing, eyesight, view, eye, perception, foresight, perception, insight, aware, intuition, penetration, inventive, shrewd, discernment, prescience, perceptive, picture, sight, sensation, spectacle, knockout (informal), pearl (Austral. slang), beaut (Austral. N.Z. slang)