Antonyms for envisioning


Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-vizh-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈvɪʒ ən


Definition of envisioning

Origin :
  • 1914, from en- (1) "make, put in" + vision. Related: Envisioned; envisioning. Earlier (1827) is envision'd in sense "endowed with vision."
  • verb picture in one's mind
  • verb conceive
Example sentences :
  • He had some pleasure later, though, envisioning what went elsewhere.
  • Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
  • And we were all dreamers, envisioning the seas with death grapples, ship and ship.
  • Extract from : « Wounds in the rain » by Stephen Crane
  • I'd been envisioning ourselves as marooned, yes, but relatively safe as long as we were thought to be dead.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • Mentally she was envisioning the whole scene of the story which hesitatingly—almost unwilling, it seemed—Elisabeth had poured out.
  • Extract from : « The Hermit of Far End » by Margaret Pedler
  • What child, envisioning a desert island all his own could imagine that his island would be the whole world?
  • Extract from : « The Most Sentimental Man » by Evelyn E. Smith
  • He had some pleasure later, though, envisioning what went on in the normal, non-overdrive universe.
  • Extract from : « This World Is Taboo » by Murray Leinster
  • Mademoiselle shuddered, envisioning some bloodthirsty, evil thing, unspeakably depraved.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter

Synonyms for envisioning

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