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vision

noun
/ˈvɪʒ.ən/

Etymology

From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“to see”) + action noun suffix -iō.

  1. derived from vīsiō — “vision, seeing”
  2. derived from vision
  3. derived from visioun
  4. inherited from visioun

Definitions

  1. The sense or ability of sight.

  2. Something seen

    Something seen; an object perceived visually.

    • […]For to a Viſion ſo apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute[…]
    • It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!

  3. Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

    • He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.
    • Visitations are a commonly reported afterlife phenomenon. For example, a dying patient has a vision of her mother, who has been dead for twenty years.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. Something unreal or imaginary

      Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.

      • For having the Idea of any thing in our Mind, no more proves the Exiſtence of that Thing, than the Picture of a Man evidences his being in the World, or the Viſions of a Dream make thereby a true Hiſtory.

    2. A perceived potential future event or occurrence.

      • I know you wanted me to stay But I can't ignore the crazy visions of me in LA

    3. An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

      • He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.

    4. General aspiration

      General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.

      • I can't stand this indecision Married with a lack of vision Everybody wants to rule the—

    5. A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.

      • He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.

    6. A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.

    7. Pre-recorded film or tape

      Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.

    8. To imagine something as if it were to be true.

    9. To present as in a vision.

    10. To provide with a vision.

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Derived

beatific vision, binocular vision, Brobdingnagian vision, computer vision, computer vision syndrome, distance vision, double vision, field of vision, heat vision, Lilliputian vision, near vision, night vision, peripheral vision, personal vision, pick-by-vision, point of vision, rear vision mirror, rear-vision mirror, Smell-O-Vision, tunnel vision, visibility, visible, visionary, vision board, vision boarding, visioner, vision-impaired, vision impaired, vision loss, vision mixer, vision out, vision panel, vision purple, vision quest, vision statement, vision thing, visual, X-ray vision, prevision, envision

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vision. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at vision. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at vision

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA