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vision

vi·sion

UK/ˈvɪʒ.ən/ US/ˈvɪʒ.n̩/ common

noun

1.

a vivid mental image

  • “he had a vision of his own death”
2.
3.

the perceptual experience of seeing

  • “the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision”
  • “he had a visual sensation of intense light”
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4.

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”
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5.

a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance

  • “he had a vision of the Virgin Mary”

Origin

From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“to see”) + action noun suffix -iō.

Phrases

  • beatific vision
  • binocular vision
  • Brobdingnagian vision
  • computer vision
  • computer vision syndrome
  • distance vision
  • double vision
  • field of vision

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