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Word3 vision
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈvɪʒn/ /ˈvɪʒn/
Example
  • to have good/perfect/poor/blurred/normal vision
  • cats have good night vision.
  • her vision was still blurry.
  • the disease causes a gradual loss of peripheral vision.
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vision

(noun)/ˈvɪʒn/ /ˈvɪʒn/
  1. the ability to see; the area that you can see from a particular position
    • SEE ALSO double vision
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/double-vision
    • to have good/perfect/poor/blurred/normal vision
    • Cats have good night vision.
    • Her vision was still blurry.
    • The disease causes a gradual loss of peripheral vision.
    • He glimpsed something on the edge of his vision.

    Extra Examples

    • Her vision cleared and she realized Niall was standing beside her.
    • I can read without glasses, but my distance vision is poor.
    • She was aware of shapes moving across her field of vision.
    • The eye test shows she has perfect vision.
    • The high driving position gives excellent all-round vision.
    • The rain prevented her having clear vision of the road ahead.
    • The tears blurred her vision.
  2. an idea or a picture in your imagination
    • Our job is to guide a client and develop a strategic vision.
    • He had a vision of a world in which there would be no wars.
    • The word conjures up visions of home and family.
    • The film's vision of the future is bleak.
    • He harboured visions of becoming party leader some day.
    • I had visions of us getting hopelessly lost.
    • These two men share a similar vision for the country.
    • He had a very specific vision for the future.

    Extra Examples

    • They share a common vision for the development of health services.
    • The word ‘island’ conjures up a vision of a relaxing summer holiday.
    • a vision for the future
    • an alternative vision of society
    • an apocalyptic vision of the end of civilization
    • The name ‘Las Vegas’ conjures up a vision of casinos.
    • The engineers had a clear vision of what they wanted to achieve.
    • The company needs to develop a global vision.
    • He outlined his vision for the new economic order.
    • The new leader set about imposing his vision on the party.
  3. a dream or similar experience, especially of a religious kind
    • The idea came to her in a vision.
    • He had visions regularly.
    • She claimed she saw a vision of the Virgin Mary.

    Extra Examples

    • A young girl in the town experienced a prophetic vision.
    • As he approached, the vision faded and there was no one there.
  4. the ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination and intelligence
    • SYNONYM foresight
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/foresight
    • She had vision and determination.
    • a leader of vision
    • He's a competent politician, but he lacks vision.

    Extra Examples

    • a statesman of great vision
    • His plans for the country's future show a remarkable breadth of vision.
  5. a person of great beauty or who shows the quality mentioned
    • She was a vision in white lace.
    • a vision of loveliness
  6. the picture on a television or cinema screen
    • We apologize for the loss of vision.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English (denoting a supernatural apparition): via Old French from Latin visio(n-), from videre ‘to see’.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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