vision

[Vi·sion]

If you are getting your eyes checked, a doctor is checking on your vision or your ability to see. But if you have visions of unicorns romping over rainbows, that's a whole other issue that the eye doctor can't address.

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The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.

Noun
the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses; "popular imagination created a world of demons"; "imagination reveals what the world could be"

Noun
the ability to see; the faculty of vision

Noun
the perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light"

Noun
a vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death"

Noun
a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"

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v.
The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.

v.
The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.

v.
That which is seen; an object of sight.

v.
Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah.

v.
Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.

v. t.
To see in a vision; to dream.


Vision

Vi"sion , n. [OE. visioun, F. vision, fr. L. visio, from videre, visum, to see: akin to Gr. to see, I know, and E. wit. See Wit, v., and cf. Advice, Clairvoyant, Envy, Evident, Provide, Revise, Survey, View, Visage, Visit.] 1. The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.
Faith here is turned into vision there.
2. (Physiol.) The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve. 3. That which is seen; an object of sight. Shak. 4. Especially, that which is seen otherwise than by the ordinary sight, or the rational eye; a supernatural, prophetic, or imaginary sight; an apparition; a phantom; a specter; as, the visions of Isaiah.
The baseless fabric of this vision.
No dreams, but visions strange.
5. Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. Locke. Arc of vision (Astron.), the arc which measures the least distance from the sun at which, when the sun is below the horizon, a star or planet emerging from his rays becomes visible. -- Beatific vision (Theol.), the immediate sight of God in heaven. -- Direct vision (Opt.), vision when the image of the object falls directly on the yellow spot (see under Yellow); also, vision by means of rays which are not deviated from their original direction. -- Field of vision, field of view. See under Field. -- Indirect vision (Opt.), vision when the rays of light from an object fall upon the peripheral parts of the retina. -- Reflected vision, ∨ Refracted vision, vision by rays reflected from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms, respectively. -- Vision purple. (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under Visual.

Vision

Vi"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visioned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Visioning.] To see in a vision; to dream.
For them no visioned terrors daunt, Their nights no fancied specters haunt.

The act of seeing external objects; actual sight.

To see in a vision; to dream.

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Usage Examples

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that had nothing to do with New York, Los Angeles or London, which made them completely out of style in the 1970s, but also made them an inspiration to generations of weird Southern kids.

A statesman wants courage and a statesman wants vision but believe me, after six months' experience, he wants first, second, third and all the time - patience.

A number of cases have been reported in which a dying individual has a vision of a person about whose death he or she did not know.

After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President Thomas Jefferson's bold vision for westward expansion for America.

An illness is like a journey into a far country it sifts all one's experience and removes it to a point so remote that it appears like a vision.

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Other Usage Examples

A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.

And if the great fear had not come upon me, as it did, and forced me to do my duty, I might have been less good to the people than some man who had never dreamed at all, even with the memory of so great a vision in me.

A dream is your creative vision for your life in the future. You must break out of your current comfort zone and become comfortable with the unfamiliar and the unknown.

A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.

A ring means a commitment. But more than that, it means that you've talked about your shared future and have decided together on a shared vision of it.

As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

A leader has the vision and conviction that a dream can be achieved. He inspires the power and energy to get it done.

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