Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To picture in the mind; imagine.
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- verb transitive To
conceive or see something within one's mind. Toimagine .
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- verb picture to oneself; imagine possible
- verb imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
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Examples
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What I envision is openly theistic science of the kind that was practiced before Darwinism took hold and sucked the life out of science.
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In the absence of any positive regulation, the "freedom" that the right-wing absolutists envision is the freedom of the rich and powerful to control, crush, and humiliate the less-rich and less-powerful.
Jesse Larner: The Tea Party Idea of Freedom Is Anything But Jesse Larner 2010
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In the absence of any positive regulation, the "freedom" that the right-wing absolutists envision is the freedom of the rich and powerful to control, crush, and humiliate the less-rich and less-powerful.
Jesse Larner: The Tea Party Idea of Freedom Is Anything But Jesse Larner 2010
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To the contrary, the judicial role I envision is one that cannot get off the ground without strong footholds established through the political process.
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I find it ironic that you predict that only sending 500000 more troops will prevent another Vietnam, yet the solution you envision is EXACTLY what we've done in Vietnam.
CNN Poll: Americans mostly agree with Obama on Afghanistan 2009
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In the absence of any positive regulation, the "freedom" that the right-wing absolutists envision is the freedom of the rich and powerful to control, crush, and humiliate the less-rich and less-powerful.
Jesse Larner: The Tea Party Idea of Freedom Is Anything But Jesse Larner 2010
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All I can envision is the kind I'm used to, where the manhole leads to a gaping space under the street, completely unsuitable for any kind of foliage.
Goals & Inspirations katelnorth 2008
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The only specific solution that I can envision is the improvement of bill summaries.
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These all fall under the broad umbrella of big D Design, but for a marketing manager at a Fortune 500 to leave to work on what many envision is a degree in making logos and pantsuits doesn't really make sense to a lot of people.
Campbell on Branding and Innovation: Oh?! Design school? That's cool! Jonathan 2007
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These all fall under the broad umbrella of big D Design, but for a marketing manager at a Fortune 500 to leave to work on what many envision is a degree in making logos and pantsuits doesn't really make sense to a lot of people.
Archive 2007-11-01 Jonathan 2007
oroboros commented on the word envision
Synomym for envisage.
July 10, 2007