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vi·sion

(vĭzh′ən)

a. The faculty of sight; eyesight: poor vision.

b. Something that is or has been seen.

2. Unusual competence in discernment or perception; intelligent foresight: a leader of vision.

3. The manner in which one sees or conceives of something.

4. A mental image produced by the imagination.

5. The mystical experience of seeing something that is not in fact present to the eye or is supernatural.

6. A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.

tr.v. vi·sioned, vi·sion·ing, vi·sions

1. To see in a vision.

2. To picture in the mind; envision.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin vīsiō, vīsiōn-, from vīsus, past participle of vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

vi′sion·al adj.

vi′sion·al·ly adv.

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visioning

(ˈvɪʒənɪŋ)

(Alternative Belief Systems) the act or an instance of seeing something in or as if in a vision

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