transcription, транскрипция: [ vɪʒ(ə)n ]
( visions)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Your vision of a future situation or society is what you imagine or hope it would be like, if things were very different from the way they are now.
I have a vision of a society that is free of exploitation and injustice...
That’s my vision of how the world could be...
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2.
If you have a vision of someone in a particular situation, you imagine them in that situation, for example because you are worried that it might happen, or hope that it will happen.
He had a vision of Cheryl, slumped on a plastic chair in the waiting-room...
Maybe you had visions of being surrounded by happy, smiling children.
= image
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3.
A vision is the experience of seeing something that other people cannot see, for example in a religious experience or as a result of madness or taking drugs.
It was on 24th June 1981 that young villagers first reported seeing the Virgin Mary in a vision.
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4.
Your vision is your ability to see clearly with your eyes.
It causes blindness or serious loss of vision...
= sight
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5.
Your vision is everything that you can see from a particular place or position.
Jane blocked Cross’s vision and he could see nothing...
= view
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6.
see also tunnel vision