imagination, imaginativeness, vision
(noun) the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; “popular imagination created a world of demons”; “imagination reveals what the world could be”
sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality
(noun) the ability to see; the visual faculty
vision, visual sensation
(noun) the perceptual experience of seeing; “the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision”; “he had a visual sensation of intense light”
vision
(noun) a vivid mental image; “he had a vision of his own death”
vision
(noun) a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance; “he had a vision of the Virgin Mary”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vision (countable and uncountable, plural visions)
(uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
(countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
(countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
(countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
(countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
(countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
(countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
(uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
• (ability): sight, eyesight, view, perception
• (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage
• (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy
vision (third-person singular simple present visions, present participle visioning, simple past and past participle visioned)
(transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
(transitive) To present as in a vision.
(transitive) To provide with a vision.
• (imagine): envision
• Voisin, inviso
Source: Wiktionary
Vi"sion, n. Etym: [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.]
1. The act of seeing external objects; actual sight. Faith here is turned into vision there. Hammond.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: 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.
3. That which is seen; an object of sight. Shak.
4. Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah. The baseless fabric of this vision. Shak. No dreams, but visions strange. Sir P. Sidney.
5. Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. Locke. Arc of vision (Astron.), the arc which measures the least distance from the sun at which, when the sun is below the horizon, a star or planet emerging from his rays becomes visible.
– Beatific vision (Theol.), the immediate sight of God in heaven.
– Direct vision (Opt.), vision when the image of the object falls directly on the yellow spot (see under Yellow); also, vision by means of rays which are not deviated from their original direction.
– Field of vision, field of view. See under Field.
– Indirect vision (Opt.), vision when the rays of light from an object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina.
– Reflected vision, or Refracted vision, vision by rays reflected from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms, respectively.
– Vision purple. (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under Visual.
Vi"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Visioning.]
Definition: To see in a vision; to dream. For them no visioned terrors daunt, Their nights no fancied specters haunt. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
