SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
envision
verb
To imagine or picture a future possibility.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Picture a possibility
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Usage distinction
Return to topForesee anticipates what will happen; envision can imagine what one hopes or plans to make happen.
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See envision in use
The architect could envision a garden in the abandoned courtyard.
Lena's aspiration was to create an audio walking tour that residents could help write and record. She could envision listeners pausing near ordinary buildings to hear the memories connected with them, but the project was still incipient.
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