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to envision

to envision

160 4.1
To picture something in your mind, often a possible future
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈvɪʒən/
: imaginar
  • I don't know if that's the life that I see when I envision my future.
  • envision a scenario
  • hard to envision
  • originally envisioned

How long do you envision being in this home?

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Examples

  • You can envision a better future that no one else can see.

    Transformers One (2024)

  • With a bit of imagination, one could envision kids walking alongside the jetties.

    Academic text (2011)

  • How long do you envision being in this home?

    Tom Ferry

  • This is a plan where you envision your perfect year.

  • For the first time, he could envision a different kind of life for himself.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • If you envision it, it's a possibility.

    What Happens Later (2023)

  • The culture concept asks us to envision a shared collection of symbols, beliefs, and practices.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Now the media center was beginning to look more like the beach scene I envisioned.

    Academic text (2011)

  • From designing video games to producing animated movies, an increasing number of young people envision themselves in technology-related careers.

    Academic text (2011)

  • When planning her career, she could envision herself as the CEO of a major tech company.

Synonyms

to imagine
vsto envision
∞ 1.3

To form a picture in your mind of something not real

stresses possible future situations rather than only unreal or fictional ones
to see
vsto envision
∞ 1.0

To picture something in your mind

emphasizes possible future situations rather than any neutral image
to dream of
vsto envision
592 2.7

To wish for something you want, often something unlikely to happen

is a neutral mental act focusing on possible future rather than desire
to picture
vsto envision
366 2.9

To imagine how something looks

is more about likely future scenarios than mere visual impressions
to visualize
vsto envision
  • US
71 3.8

Form a clear picture of something in your mind

is applied more to likely future events than to visual detail
to conceive of
vsto envision
46 5.3

To imagine something as possible or real

emphasizes picturing likely future situations rather than mere idea formation
to envisage
vsto envision
12 6.8

To form a picture in your mind of something not present

is used especially to focus on likely future situations

How Clear

to visualize
  • US
71 3.8
to picture
366 2.9
to envision
160 4.1
to imagine
∞ 1.3

Surface Forms

envision infinitive
envisioned past
envisioned past participle
envisioning present participle
envisions third person singular

Morphology

envision = vision (transparent) = en + vision

The prefix 'en-' is used to form verbs meaning 'to cause to be in' or 'to put into' a state, making the meaning directly derived from 'vision'.

Etymology

The word envision comes from the parts en- and vision, and vision means 'seeing'. So to envision is to 'see' something in your mind, which is why it means to imagine or picture a possible future situation.