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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
- 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
Synonyms for visions
- angel
- angle
- apocalypse
- aspect
- astuteness
- breadth of view
- castles in the air
- chimera
- conception
- daydream
- dazzler
- delusion
- discernment
- divination
- dream
- ecstasy
- eyeful
- eyes
- eyesight
- facet
- faculty
- fancy
- fantasy
- farsightedness
- feast for the eyes
- foreknowledge
- foresight
- ghost
- hallucination
- haunt
- head trip
- idea
- ideal
- ideality
- illusion
- imagination
- insight
- intuition
- keenness
- mental picture
- mirage
- muse
- nightmare
- optics
- oracle
- outlook
- penetration
- perceiving
- perception
- perfect picture
- perspective
- phantasm
- phantom
- phenomenon
- picture
- pie in the sky
- pipe dream
- point of view
- prescience
- presence
- prophecy
- range of view
- retrospect
- revelation
- seeing
- sight
- sight for sore eyes
- slant
- spectacle
- specter
- spirit
- spook
- standpoint
- stunner
- trance
- trip
- understanding
- view
- warlock
- wraith
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