/ ˈvɪʒn; NAmE / noun
1.
[ U ] the ability to see; the area that you can see from a particular position :
to have good / perfect / poor / blurred / normal vision
20–20 vision (= the ability to see perfectly)
Cats have good night vision .
The couple moved outside her field of vision .
He glimpsed something on the edge of his vision.
—see also tunnel vision ➡ note at sight
2.
[ C ] an idea or a picture in your imagination :
He had a vision of a world in which there would be no wars.
I had visions of us getting hopelessly lost.
3.
[ C ] a dream or similar experience, especially of a religious kind :
The idea came to her in a vision.
4.
[ U ] the ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination and intelligence
SYN foresight :
a leader of vision
5.
[ C ] a ~ (of sth) ( literary ) a person of great beauty or who shows the quality mentioned :
She was a vision in white lace.
a vision of loveliness
6.
[ U ] the picture on a television or cinema / movie theater screen :
We apologize for the loss of vision.
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (denoting a supernatural apparition): via Old French from Latin visio(n-) , from videre to see.