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Grammar : Noun
Spell : vizh-uhn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈvɪʒ ən



Definition of visions

Origin :
  • late 13c., "something seen in the imagination or in the supernatural," from Anglo-French visioun, Old French vision (12c.), from Latin visionem (nominative visio) "act of seeing, sight, thing seen," from past participle stem of videre "to see," from PIE root *weid- "to know, to see" (cf. Sanskrit veda "I know;" Avestan vaeda "I know;" Greek oida, Doric woida "I know," idein "to see;" Old Irish fis "vision," find "white," i.e. "clearly seen," fiuss "knowledge;" Welsh gwyn, Gaulish vindos, Breton gwenn "white;" Gothic, Old Swedish, Old English witan "to know;" Gothic weitan "to see;" English wise, German wissen "to know;" Lithuanian vysti "to see;" Bulgarian vidya "I see;" Polish widzieć "to see," wiedzieć "to know;" Russian videt' "to see," vest' "news," Old Russian vedat' "to know"). The meaning "sense of sight" is first recorded late 15c. Meaning "statesman-like foresight, political sagacity" is attested from 1926.
  • noun ability to perceive with eyes
  • noun mental image, concept
  • noun apparition
  • noun very beautiful thing or person
Example sentences :
  • The people demanded of Antiphon the meaning of these visions.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • He seldom speaks; but when he does, you are ever in his visions.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • The visions may be different, and yet each vision may be true.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • In the belief of the Indians this plant opens the door to visions.
  • Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
  • After a time, too, the visions vanish, and will not appear again at my bidding.
  • Extract from : « Beneath an Umbrella (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • But the visions of Mrs Verloc lacked nobility and magnificence.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • Mrs Verloc, who thought in images, was not troubled now by visions, because she did not think at all.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • But, urged on by visions of gold, he kept bravely at his task.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Were not youth and age merely a fable; visions of men's fancy?
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • And welcomes the visions that day after day With baby's sweet presence will nestle and stay.
  • Extract from : « Grandma's Memories » by Mary D. Brine

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