envision

verb

en·​vi·​sion in-ˈvi-zhən How to pronounce envision (audio)
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envisioned; envisioning; envisions
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transitive verb

: to picture to oneself
envisions a career dedicated to promoting peace

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think, conceive, imagine, fancy, realize, envisage, envision mean to form an idea of.

think implies the entrance of an idea into one's mind with or without deliberate consideration or reflection.

I just thought of a good joke

conceive suggests the forming and bringing forth and usually developing of an idea, plan, or design.

conceived of a new marketing approach

imagine stresses a visualization.

imagine you're at the beach

fancy suggests an imagining often unrestrained by reality but spurred by desires.

fancied himself a super athlete

realize stresses a grasping of the significance of what is conceived or imagined.

realized the enormity of the task ahead

envisage and envision imply a conceiving or imagining that is especially clear or detailed.

envisaged a totally computerized operation
envisioned a cure for the disease

Examples of envision in a Sentence

The inventor envisioned many uses for his creation. She envisioned a better life for herself.
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For Henshaw-Plath, the enduring lesson of Gamergate was that social media platforms as they were originally envisioned were only as good as the people using them. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025 Take a look at how Omar Kelly envisions the first round of the 2025 NFL Mock Draft playing out. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025 Life After The TikTok Algorithm Rather than trying to replicate TikTok’s original model without its powerful algorithm, McCourt envisions something entirely different — a platform where users can freely select their method of content discovery. — Esat Dedezade, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 The task of envisioning the original shape of the XK120, penned in just two weeks by Jaguar Cars cofounder Sir William Lyons, was a challenge not lightly to be undertaken. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for envision

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of envision was in 1855

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envision

verb
en·​vi·​sion in-ˈvizh-ən How to pronounce envision (audio)
: to picture to oneself
envisions herself as a doctor
could not envision the building from the description

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