grand vision
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5.1
- noun
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gran visión
- The mayor unveiled a grand vision for transforming the city into a sustainable and innovative place to live.
In short, it is difficult to know how Alexander's grand vision will play out.
- In short, it is difficult to know how Alexander's grand vision will play out.
- He was indifferent to that, and he did have a grand vision.
- And so Ben Stiller has all these grand visions of travelling, of proving he replays conversations, of telling someone off.
- And so I believe that we have to look to achieve moments and not these grand visions because the grand vision is just a by product.
Examples
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The urban-planning strategy of the revolutionary government for the Ng'ambo neighborhoods of Zanzibar City was dominated by a grand vision.
Academic text (1994) -
Hermina Morita has a grand vision for Hawaii's energy future.
Academic text (2001) -
The head of state has a grand vision for the future.
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Does he have some grand vision for this country?
Blog text (32) -
Like Star Cloud, Lone Star has a grand vision, but is of necessity starting small.
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In short, it is difficult to know how Alexander's grand vision will play out.
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We will spend and borrow massively to implement our grand vision of society.
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Spain has a government that prefers to operate in a step-by-step manner and shies away from articulating any grand visions that people find inspiring.
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Policy must exert leverage in all areas: adopting new technologies and practices to improve forestry and agriculture, building a better information system, and launching a bottom-up process for translating the grand vision of the Great Restoration into detailed strategies.
Academic text (2000) -
Many historians condemn the Trustees for their grand vision for Georgia, where strict regulations like limited landholding and the exclusion of African slavery appear unworkable in a colony that eventually mirrored its neighbors.
Academic text (2010)
Synonyms
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4.0
A long guide for how to develop and manage a city or campus over many years
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3.2
An important plan or reason that guides a project
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5.1
A very large, ambitious plan with many parts to achieve big goals
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4.0
A bold, exciting plan to do something new
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6.8
An ability to imagine new ideas that change things
Antonyms
How Ambitious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an ambitious and impressive idea or plan' is directly derivable from combining 'grand' (magnificent, large-scale) with 'vision' (an imagined or planned image). This adjective + noun composition follows a common, literal pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Grand vision comes from a simple picture: grand means big or impressive and vision means a sight or a picture in the mind. People used the idea of seeing a wide, beautiful view to talk about a big plan for the future, so today grand vision means 'an ambitious and impressive idea'.