envisage

CEFRC1

/ɛnˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ/

verb

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In plain English

01
verb
To imagine or expect something in the future.
02
verb
Extra detail
To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.

Examples

Can you envisage Tom working in a garage?
From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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In context

Traffic at Dover Marine has developed far beyond anything envisaged when the station was built. The layout has become rather cramped, and prodigies of organisation are performed annually by all concerned to save complete saturation.
Obviously, Schmitt envisaged Nazi Germany as the Reich at the heart of the European great space, which he sought to shield from Anglo-American interference.
The prototype Liner train vehicles on show at Marylebone were not of the ultimate pattern either, for their wagon platform length is 42½ft, whereas 62½ft as envisaged as standard.

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From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self.
1860, James McCosh, The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated
Traffic at Dover Marine has developed far beyond anything envisaged when the station was built. The layout has become rather cramped, and prodigies of organisation are performed annually by all concerned to save complete saturation.
1959 October 26, T. W. E. Roche, “Traffic Working at Dover Marine Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 680
The prototype Liner train vehicles on show at Marylebone were not of the ultimate pattern either, for their wagon platform length is 42½ft, whereas 62½ft as envisaged as standard.
1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, in Modern Railways, page 262
Cambridge-St Ives was another 1970 victim. Who would have envisaged that £200m would ever be spent on this rural branch to convert it into a guided busway?
2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 69
Obviously, Schmitt envisaged Nazi Germany as the Reich at the heart of the European great space, which he sought to shield from Anglo-American interference.
2026 January 16, Brendan Simms, “Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2026

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From French envisager, from en (“in”) + visage (“visage”); equivalent to en- + visage.