noun
1 ability to see
ADJECTIVE
▪ 20/20 , excellent , perfect
▪
The eye test shows she has perfect ~.
▪ normal
▪ clear , sharp ( esp. AmE )
▪
The rain prevented her having clear ~ of the road ahead.
▪ blurred , blurry ( esp. AmE ), distorted , impaired , poor
▪ double , tunnel ( often figurative )
▪ binocular , stereoscopic
▪ heat , X-ray
▪ distance
▪
I can read without glasses, but my distance ~ is poor.
▪ night
▪ colour/color
▪ peripheral
▪
Use your peripheral ~ widely when moving from place to place.
▪ machine
VERB + VISION
▪ have
▪ give (sb)
▪ block , obscure , restrict
▪ distort , impair
▪ blind , blur , cloud
▪
The tears blurred her ~.
▪ fill , flood
▪ clear , improve , sharpen
▪ correct
▪ lose
▪ restore
▪ regain
VISION + VERB
▪ blur , fade , swim
▪ go black , go blank , go blurry
▪ clear
▪
Her ~ cleared and she realized Niall was standing beside her.
▪ disappear
▪ return
PREPOSITION
▪ across your ~
▪
A bird shot across her ~.
PHRASES
▪ your field of ~
▪
She was aware of shapes moving across her field of ~.
▪ your line of ~
▪
Someone was standing in my line of ~ so I couldn't see the screen.
2 picture in your imagination
ADJECTIVE
▪ disturbing , horrible , nightmarish , strange
▪ bleak
▪ inner , mental , spiritual
▪ mystic , mystical , prophetic , religious
▪
A young girl in the town experienced a prophetic ~.
▪ poetic
▪ apocalyptic
▪
an apocalyptic ~ of the end of civilization
▪ sudden
VERB + VISION
▪ experience , have , receive
▪
I had ~s of us getting hopelessly lost.
▪ conjure , conjure up
▪
The name ‘Las Vegas’ conjures up a ~ of casinos.
VISION + VERB
▪ disappear , fade
▪
As he approached, the ~ faded and there was no one there.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
The idea came to her in a ~.
▪ ~ of
3 ability to see/plan for the future
ADJECTIVE
▪ grand , great
▪ artistic , creative , imaginative
▪ alternative
▪ singular , unique
▪ broad , comprehensive , global , wide
▪
The company needs to develop a global ~.
▪ narrow
▪ overall
▪ personal
▪ clear
▪
The engineers had a clear ~ of what they wanted to achieve.
▪ compelling
▪ bold , radical
▪ common , shared
▪
They share a common ~ for the development of health services.
▪ strategic
▪ political
▪ revolutionary
▪ moral
▪ romantic , Utopian
▪ long-term
VERB + VISION
▪ have , possess
▪ lack
▪ create , develop
▪ achieve , fulfil/fulfill , implement , realize
▪ articulate , communicate , convey , describe , lay out , outline , present
▪
He outlined his ~ for the new economic order.
▪ promote
▪ pursue
▪ impose
▪
The new leader set about imposing his ~ on the party.
▪ offer
▪ share
▪ embrace
▪ cloud
▪
He was determined not to let emotions cloud his ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ of ~
▪
a statesman of great ~
▪ ~ for
▪
a ~ for the future
▪ ~ of
▪
an alternative ~ of society
PHRASES
▪ breadth of ~
▪
His plans for the country's future show a remarkable breadth of ~.