envisage
Syllables: en·vis·ageUK/ɪnˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ//ɛnˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ/
envisage verb: to conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.
Verb
envisage (third-person singular simple present envisages, present participle envisaging, simple past and past participle envisaged)
- To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.
- From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self.1860, James McCosh, The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated
- Traffic at Dover Marine has developed far beyond anything envisaged when the station was built. The layout has become rather cramped, and prodigies of organisation are performed annually by all concerned to save complete saturation.1959 October, T. W. E. Roche, “Traffic Working at Dover Marine Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 680
envisage meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
envisage in Tamil
- ஆழ்ந்து சிந்தி, எதிர்கொள், கருது
envisage in Bengali
- মনে মনে ভাবা
envisage in Malayalam
- forecast, foresee, predict
- സങ്കല്പിക്കുക, ദർശിക്കുക, മനസ്സിൽകാണുക, ഭാവി കാണുക, ഭാവി അറിയുക, ദീർഘദർശനം ചെയ്യുക
- visualize, imagine, contemplate
- സങ്കല്പിക്കുക, ഭാവനയിൽകാണുക, മനസ്സിൽ ചിത്രീകരിക്ക, ഭാവനയിൽ വരുത്തുക, വിഭാവനം ചെയ്യുക, പരിചിന്തിക്കുക
envisage in Kannada
- ಎದುರಿಸು, ಆಲೋಚಿಸು, ಚಿಂತಿಸು, ಚಿತ್ರಿಸಿಕೊ, ಕಲ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊ, ಎಣಿಕೆಗಯ್
Examples of envisage in a sentence
- The prototype Liner train vehicles on show at Marylebone were not of the ultimate pattern either, for their wagon platform length is 42½ft, whereas 62½ft as envisaged as standard.1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, in Modern Railways, page 262:
- Who would have envisaged that £200m would ever be spent on this rural branch to convert it into a guided busway?2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 69:
- Obviously, Schmitt envisaged Nazi Germany as the Reich at the heart of the European great space, which he sought to shield from Anglo-American interference.2026 January 16, Brendan Simms, “Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump?”, in...
Forms of envisage
| third-person singular present | envisages |
|---|---|
| present participle | envisaging |
| past participle | envisaged |
| past | envisaged |
Origin of envisage
From French envisager, from en (“in”) + visage (“visage”); equivalent to en- + visage.
Words formed from envisage
Questions about envisage
- What does envisage mean?
- Envisage means to conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.
- What is envisage in Tamil?
- Envisage in Tamil is ஆழ்ந்து சிந்தி, எதிர்கொள், கருது. See Envisage meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use envisage in a sentence?
- The prototype Liner train vehicles on show at Marylebone were not of the ultimate pattern either, for their wagon platform length is 42½ft, whereas 62½ft as envisaged as standard.
- What part of speech is envisage?
- Envisage is a verb.
- How do you pronounce envisage?
- Envisage is pronounced /ɪnˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of envisage?
- The past tense of envisage is envisaged.
Words near envisage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: envisage (page history and authors); envisage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Envisage (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); envisage (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); envisage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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