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An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision.
Sholem Asch

Meaning of "vision" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VISION

From Latin vīsiō sight, from vidēre to see.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VISION

vision  [ˈvɪʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VISION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Vision is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb vision in English.

WHAT DOES VISION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of vision in the English dictionary

The first definition of vision in the dictionary is the act, faculty, or manner of perceiving with the eye; sight. Other definition of vision is the image on a television screen. Vision is also the ability or an instance of great perception, esp of future developments.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO VISION

PRESENT

Present
I vision
you vision
he/she/it visions
we vision
you vision
they vision
Present continuous
I am visioning
you are visioning
he/she/it is visioning
we are visioning
you are visioning
they are visioning
Present perfect
I have visioned
you have visioned
he/she/it has visioned
we have visioned
you have visioned
they have visioned
Present perfect continuous
I have been visioning
you have been visioning
he/she/it has been visioning
we have been visioning
you have been visioning
they have been visioning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I visioned
you visioned
he/she/it visioned
we visioned
you visioned
they visioned
Past continuous
I was visioning
you were visioning
he/she/it was visioning
we were visioning
you were visioning
they were visioning
Past perfect
I had visioned
you had visioned
he/she/it had visioned
we had visioned
you had visioned
they had visioned
Past perfect continuous
I had been visioning
you had been visioning
he/she/it had been visioning
we had been visioning
you had been visioning
they had been visioning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will vision
you will vision
he/she/it will vision
we will vision
you will vision
they will vision
Future continuous
I will be visioning
you will be visioning
he/she/it will be visioning
we will be visioning
you will be visioning
they will be visioning
Future perfect
I will have visioned
you will have visioned
he/she/it will have visioned
we will have visioned
you will have visioned
they will have visioned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been visioning
you will have been visioning
he/she/it will have been visioning
we will have been visioning
you will have been visioning
they will have been visioning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would vision
you would vision
he/she/it would vision
we would vision
you would vision
they would vision
Conditional continuous
I would be visioning
you would be visioning
he/she/it would be visioning
we would be visioning
you would be visioning
they would be visioning
Conditional perfect
I would have vision
you would have vision
he/she/it would have vision
we would have vision
you would have vision
they would have vision
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been visioning
you would have been visioning
he/she/it would have been visioning
we would have been visioning
you would have been visioning
they would have been visioning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you vision
we let´s vision
you vision
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to vision
Past participle
visioned
Present Participle
visioning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VISION


abrasion
əˈbreɪʒən
cablevision
ˈkeɪbəlˌvɪʒən
collision
kəˈlɪʒən
decision
dɪˈsɪʒən
division
dɪˈvɪʒən
envision
ɪnˈvɪʒən
equation
ɪˈkweɪʒən
Eurovision
ˈjʊərəʊˌvɪʒən
evasion
ɪˈveɪʒən
invasion
ɪnˈveɪʒən
night-vision
ˈnaɪtˌvɪʒən
occasion
əˈkeɪʒən
persuasion
pəˈsweɪʒən
precision
prɪˈsɪʒən
prevision
prɪˈvɪʒən
provision
prəˈvɪʒən
revision
rɪˈvɪʒən
subdivision
ˈsʌbdɪˌvɪʒən
supervision
ˌsuːpəˈvɪʒən
television
ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VISION

visible speech
visibleness
visibly
visier
Visigoth
Visigothic
visile
visiogenic
vision mixer
vision mixing
visional
visionally
visionaries
visionariness
visionary
visioner
visioning
visionist
visionless
visiophone

WORDS THAT END LIKE VISION

blurred vision
cable television
cell division
circumcision
colour television
commercial television
commission
concision
double vision
educational television
excision
field of vision
indecision
infantry division
interactive television
long division
night vision
panzer division
Premier Division
satellite television
tunnel vision

Synonyms and antonyms of vision in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «VISION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «vision» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of vision

Translation of «vision» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VISION

Find out the translation of vision to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of vision from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «vision» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

憧憬
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

visión
570 millions of speakers

English

vision
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दृष्टि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرؤية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

видение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

visão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দৃষ্টি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vision
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penglihatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vision
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

展望
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미래상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sesanti
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tầm nhìn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பார்வை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दृष्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vizyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

visione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wizja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бачення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

viziune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όραση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

visie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

syn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

visjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of vision

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VISION»

The term «vision» is very widely used and occupies the 2.640 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VISION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «vision» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «vision» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about vision

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «VISION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word vision.
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Peter Ackroyd
It may seem unfashionable to say so, but historians should seize the imagination as well as the intellect. History is, in a sense, a story, a narrative of adventure and of vision, of character and of incident. It is also a portrait of the great general drama of the human spirit.
2
King Albert II
One single vision fills all minds: that of our independence endangered. One single duty imposes itself upon our wills: the duty of stubborn resistance.
3
Dorothy Allison
I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement. It gave me a vision that I could do something different, and it gave me an understanding that I wasn't a monster, or sport, or a betrayer of my family.
4
Margaret Anderson
I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten.
5
Sholem Asch
An illness is like a journey into a far country; it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision.
6
Ken Auletta
Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.
7
Nicolas Berggruen
California is a place of invention, a place of courage, a place of vision, a place of the future. People who made California what it is were willing to take risks, think outside convention and build.
8
William Henry Bragg
Broadly speaking, the discovery of X-rays has increased the keenness of our vision ten thousand times, and we can now 'see' the individual atoms and molecules.
9
Jason Calacanis
You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the Internet industry, it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better.
10
D. A. Carson
I do think that there is a hunger in the land for a vision of confessional Christianity that is robust, God-centered, tough-minded, able to address today and tomorrow and the next day, and comprehensive.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VISION»

Discover the use of vision in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to vision and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Computer Vision: Algorithms and Applications
These problems are also analyzed using statistical models and solved using rigorous engineering techniquesTopics and features: Structured to support active curricula and project-oriented courses, with tips in the Introduction for using the ...
Richard Szeliski, 2010
2
Vision: Coding and Efficiency
Professor Colin Blakemore presents a fascinating insight to all the major topics in visual science research.
Colin Blakemore, 1993
3
Robotics, Vision and Control: Fundamental Algorithms in MATLAB
The purpose of this book is to expand on the tutorial material provided with the toolboxes, add many more examples, and to weave this into a narrative that covers robotics and computer vision separately and together.
Peter Corke, 2011
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Vision
In this textbook on the physiology of vision, Buser and Imbert synthesize the data in the field, proceeding from the biophysics of retinal receptors to processing in the visual areas of the cortex.
Pierre A. Buser, Michel Imbert, 1992
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Readings in Information Visualization: Using Vision to Think
This groundbreaking book defines the emerging field of information visualization and offers the first-ever collection of the classic papers of the discipline, with introductions and analytical discussions of each topic and paper.
Stuart K. Card, Jock D. Mackinlay, Ben Shneiderman, 1999
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Computer and Machine Vision: Theory, Algorithms, Practicalities
Computer and Machine Vision: Theory, Algorithms, Practicalities (previously entitled Machine Vision) clearly and systematically presents the basic methodology of computer and machine vision, covering the essential elements of the theory ...
E. R. Davies, 2012
7
Clinical Management of Binocular Vision: Heterophoric, ...
This basic text covers the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of the most prevalent vision disorders in a clinical optometrist's or ophthalmologist's practice.
Mitchell Scheiman, Bruce Wick, 2008
8
Multiple View Geometry in Computer Vision
Comprehensive background material is provided, so readers familiar with linear algebra and basic numerical methods can understand the projective geometry and estimation algorithms presented, and implement the algorithms directly from the ...
Richard Hartley, Andrew Zisserman, 2003
9
Vision: A Computational Investigation Into the Human ...
Psychology.
David Marr, 2010
10
Emerging Topics in Computer Vision and Its Applications
This book gives a comprehensive overview of the most advanced theories, methodologies and applications in computer vision. Particularly, it gives an extensive coverage of 3D and robotic vision problems.
Chi-hau Chen, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VISION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term vision is used in the context of the following news items.
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Revo Partners With Bono to Fight Vision Impairment and …
Photo Credit: Sam Jones Photography. Bono wearing REVO Raconteur with blue water lenses for "Buy Vision, Give Sight" campaign to prevent vision ... «GlobeNewswire, Jul 15»
2
British pensioner first to have central vision restored through bionic …
That has now disappeared. I can now walk round the garden and see things. “It's definitely improved my vision, but I haven't been out and about on a bus yet. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Oculus Buys Computer Vision Firm Pebbles
The Facebook-owned virtual reality gadget maker Oculus on Thursday announced it has acquired Israel-based computer vision firm Pebbles Interfaces. «PC Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Smartphones Are So Smart They Can Now Test Your Vision
In the first published study on the app, called Peek, he and colleagues report that, for a group of older Kenyans, the phone-based vision test worked just as well ... «NPR, May 15»
5
Oculus acquires 3D mapping company Surreal Vision to turn reality …
Virtual reality company Oculus has acquired Surreal Vision, a UK company whose software can map and recreate the real world in a virtual one. Surreal Vision ... «The Verge, May 15»
6
Forget colour overlays – dyslexia is not a vision problem
A new study has discredited the theory that dyslexia is caused by visual problems. So what does cause the condition and how can it be treated? What kind of ... «New Scientist, May 15»
7
Low-Income Southerners at Highest Risk for Vision Loss
"Severe vision loss is listed in the top 10 disabilities -- it affects activities of daily living, leads to depression and social isolation," Saaddine said. "Regular eye ... «HealthDay, May 15»
8
Ocumetics Bionic Lens could give you vision 3x better than 20/20
Imagine being able to see three times better than 20/20 vision without wearing glasses or contacts — even at age 100 or more — with the help of bionic lenses ... «CBC.ca, May 15»
9
Paul Bettany on Avengers: Age of Ultron and What Vision Is Doing …
Vision comes into the action as the Avengers battle the malevolent Ultron (James Spader), who seeks to wipe out all of humanity and replace the planet with ... «Vulture, Apr 15»
10
MINI's concept AR goggles deliver heads-up nav, messaging, 'X-ray …
Ok, maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration, but the MINI Augment Vision concept would certainly change the way people interact with their cars if it went into ... «Digital Trends, Apr 15»

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