ENVISAGE

[esp. US] envision [verb] [slightly formal] - to imagine or expect as a likely or desirable possibility in the futureTrain fare increases of 5% are envisaged for the next year. [T]It's envisaged that the building will start at the end of this year. [+ that clause]We envisage that we will be ready to sign the contract in October. [+ that clause]When do you envisage finishing the project? [+ verb-ing]I can't envisage anyone buying it. [T + object + verb-ing]It's hard to envisage how it could have happened. [+ wh- word](slightly formal) To envisage is also to form a mental picture of something or someone you have never seen.He wasn't what I'd expected - I'd envisaged someone much taller and more impressive-looking.