Envision Meaning

/ɪnˈvɪʒn̩/
C1

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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verbTo conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.

I didn't envision him as a Klingon speaker; his forehead was too smooth.
That's not hard to envision.
I can envision a time when this will be very relevant.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The CEO likes to ____ a future where everyone uses renewable energy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She could ____ herself leading the company to great success within five years.

From en- + vision, from Latin visionem (“a thing or sight seen”).

"Miller famously tried to use as little CGI as possible in Fury Road. Instead, he got people to make the freaky, impossible cars he’d envisioned—the spike-covered scavenger-mobiles, the monster-truck hot rod, the enormous War Rig that really serves as a main character in itself—into functional vehicles." — 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The CEO likes to ____ a future where everyone uses renewable energy.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She could ____ herself leading the company to great success within five years.

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