vision
/ˈvɪʒ.ən/
vision noun: the sense or ability of sight.
Noun
vision (countable and uncountable, plural visions)
- The sense or ability of sight.
- Synonyms:
- sight, eyesight, view, perception, seeing
- Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- […]For to a Viſion ſo apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute[…]c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid
- Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.
- Visitations are a commonly reported afterlife phenomenon. For example, a dying patient has a vision of her mother, who has been dead for twenty years.2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 107
- Synonyms:
- apparition, hallucination, mirage
- Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- For having the Idea of any thing in our Mind, no more proves the Exiſtence of that Thing, than the Picture of a Man evidences his being in the World, or the Viſions of a Dream make thereby a true Hiſtory.1690, John Locke, “Of our Knowledge of the Existence of other Things”, in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, volume II, London: A. Bettesworth et al., published 1735, book III, page 250
- A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
- I know you wanted me to stay
But I can't ignore the crazy visions of me in LA2020 April 3, Chappell Roan, Dan Nigro, “Pink Pony Club”performed by Chappell Roan - Gilead has always been a chilling vision of what America might become if right-wing theocrats seized absolute power and stripped women of all independence.2026 May 27, Judy Berman, “When Did On-Screen Weddings Get So Bleak?”, in TIME, archived from the original on 28 May 2026
- I know you wanted me to stay
- An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
- He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.
- To achieve their vision, they enlisted the local architectural designer Marcie Banks of Clementine Construction.2026 May, Ingrid Abramovitch, “Big Easy Does It”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 22
- Synonyms:
- dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy
- General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
- I can't stand this indecision
Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the—1985, Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, in Songs from the Big Chair, performed by Tears for Fears
- I can't stand this indecision
- A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
- He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
- A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
- Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
Verb
vision (third-person singular simple present visions, present participle visioning, simple past and past participle visioned)
vision meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
vision in Hindi
- sense or ability of sight
- दृष्टि dŕṣṭi, नज़र nazar
- something imaginary one thinks one sees
- भ्रम bhram
- ideal or goal
- दर्शन darśan
vision in Tamil
- sense or ability of sight
- பார்வை pārvai
vision in Marathi
- vision
- दृष्टी druṣṭī
vision in Urdu
- vision
- ویژن vīžan, نگاہ nigāh
- vision, scenery
- ندرشن nidarśan
- vision, illusion
- خواب xvāb
More languagesFewer languages
- vision in Bengali
- দৃষ্টি, দর্শন, কল্পনা, দূরদর্শিতা
- vision in Telugu
- దృష్టి dr̥ṣṭi, భ్రమ bhrama, దర్శనం darśanaṁ
- vision in Malayalam
- കാഴ്ച kāḻca, ദർശനം daṟśanaṁ
- vision in Kannada
- ದೃಷ್ಟಿ dṛṣṭi
- vision in Punjabi
- ਨਜ਼ਰ nazar, ਨਿਗਾਹ nigāh
- vision in Gujarati
- દૃષ્ટિ dŕṣṭi
- vision in Odia
- ଲୋକ loka
- vision in Sanskrit
- दृष्टि dṛṣṭi
- vision in Nepali
- दृष्टि
- vision in Tagalog
- paningin
- vision in Arabic
- بَصَر baṣar, نَظَر naẓar
- vision in Malay
- wawasan
- vision in Indonesian
- penglihatan, visi, visus, visiun
- vision in Persian
- بینش bineš, بینایی binâyi, چشمانداز čašm-andâz
- vision in Thai
- การมองเห็น, วิสัยทัศน์ wí-sǎi-tát
- vision in Vietnamese
- thị giác
Examples of vision in a sentence
- I said the medication made my vision temporarily blurry, it did not make me stone blind.
- My forward vision is fine, but my peripheral vision is poor.
- The most ruthless leaders in history were often ideological ones with utopian visions.
Synonyms of vision
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Antonyms
Forms of vision
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | visions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | visions |
| present participle | visioning |
| past participle | visioned |
| past | visioned |
Origin of vision
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.
Words formed from vision
- beatific vision
- binocular vision
- Brobdingnagian vision
- computer vision
- computer vision syndrome
- cosmovision
- countervision
- distance vision
- double vision
- Eurovision
- field of vision
- heat vision
- holovision
- infravision
- Lilliputian vision
- monovision
- near vision
- night vision
- noctovision
- peripheral vision
- personal vision
- phonovision
- pick-by-vision
- point of vision
- radiovision
- rear vision mirror
- rear-vision mirror
- retrovision
- revision
- Smell-O-Vision
- snowfield vision
- stereovision
- supravision
- television
- tunnel vision
- unvisioned
- visibility
- visible
- visional
- visionary
- vision board
- vision boarding
- visioneering
- visioner
- visionics
- vision impaired
- vision-impaired
- visionist
- visionize
- visionless
- visionlike
- vision loss
- vision mixer
- vision out
- vision panel
- visionphone
- visionproof
- vision purple
- vision quest
- vision statement
Phrases with vision
Words that rhyme with vision
- division
- circumcision
- concision
- decision
- collision
- excision
- Frisian
- incision
- misprision
- precision
- revision
- television
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Questions about vision
- What does vision mean?
- Vision means the sense or ability of sight.
- What is vision in Hindi?
- Vision in Hindi is दृष्टि (dŕṣṭi), नज़र (nazar), भ्रम (bhram). See Vision meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is vision?
- Vision can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce vision?
- Vision is pronounced /ˈvɪʒ.ən/.
- What is the plural of vision?
- The plural of vision is visions.
Words near vision in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vision (page history and authors); दृष्टी (Marathi) (page history and authors); خواب (Urdu) (page history and authors); vision (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ದೃಷ್ಟಿ (Kannada) (page history and authors); દૃષ્ટિ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଲୋକ (Odia) (page history and authors); vision (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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