Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
VISIONARY
airy, impractical, visionary, Laputan, windy
(adjective) not practical or realizable; speculative; “airy theories about socioeconomic improvement”; “visionary schemes for getting rich”
visionary, illusionist, seer
(noun) a person with unusual powers of foresight
visionary
(noun) a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
visionary (comparative more visionary, superlative most visionary)
having vision or foresight
imaginary or illusory
prophetic or revelatory
idealistic or utopian
Noun
visionary (plural visionaries)
someone who has visions; a seer
an impractical dreamer
someone who has positive ideas about the future
Source: Wiktionary
Vi"sion*a*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. visionnaire.]
1. Of or pertaining to a visions or visions; characterized by, appropriate to, or favorable for, visions. The visionary hour When musing midnight reigns. Thomson.
2. Affected by phantoms; disposed to receive impressions on the imagination; given to reverie; apt to receive, and act upon, fancies as if they were realities. Or lull to rest the visionary maid. Pope.
3. Existing in imagination only; not real; fanciful; imaginary; having no solid foundation; as, visionary prospect; a visionary scheme or project. Swift.
Syn.
– Fanciful; fantastic; unreal. See Fanciful.
Vi"sion*a*ry, n.; pl. Visionaries (.
1. One whose imagination is disturbed; one who sees visions or phantoms.
2. One whose imagination overpowers his reason and controls his judgment; an unpractical schemer; one who builds castles in the air; a daydreamer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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