“visions” is a form of
vision
/ˈvɪʒ.ən/ noun, verb
Forms visions visioning visioned
- noun (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- noun (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- noun (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees. “He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.”
- noun (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- noun (countable, by extension) A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
- noun (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires. “He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.”
- noun (uncountable) General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
- noun (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance. “He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.”
- verb (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
- verb (transitive) To present as in a vision.
- verb (transitive) To provide with a vision.
Synonyms
sight eyesight view perception seeing apparition hallucination mirage dream desire aspiration fantasy ken envision visual sense visual modality visual sensation imagination imaginativeness
Antonyms
ablepsia blindness cecity farsightedness hyperopia myopia nearsightedness purblindness shortsightedness
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.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
- noun The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.
- verb To see in a vision; to dream.
Etymology [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre, visum, to see: akin to Gr. wit. See Wit, v., and cf. Advice, Clairvoyant, Envy, Evident, Provide, Revise, Survey, View, Visage, Visit.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “vision”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details