'Vision' definitions:
Definition of 'vision'
(from WordNet)
noun
A vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death"
noun
noun
The perceptual experience of seeing; "the runners emerged from the trees into his clear vision"; "he had a visual sensation of intense light" [syn: vision, visual sensation]
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" [syn: imagination, imaginativeness, vision]
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A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"
Definition of 'Vision'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Vision'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Faith here is turned into vision there. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 3. That which is seen; an object of sight. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- The baseless fabric of this vision. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- No dreams, but visions strange. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Hence, something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 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, or Refracted vision, vision by rays reflected from mirrors, or refracted by lenses or prisms, respectively.
- Vision purple. (Physiol.) See Visual purple, under Visual. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'vision'
From: Easton
- Vision (Luke 1:22), a vivid apparition, not a dream (comp. Luke 24:23; Acts 26:19; 2 Cor. 12:1).
Synonyms of 'vision'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apocalypse,
- apparition,
- appearance,
- astral,
- astral spirit,
- bad dream,
- bamboozlement,
- banshee,
- befooling,
- bluffing,
- brainchild,
- brown study,
- bubble,
- calculated deception,
- chimera,
- circumvention,
- conceive,
- concept,
- conception,
- conceptualization,
- conning,
- control,
- daydream,
- deceiving,
- deception,
- deceptiveness,
- defrauding,
- delirium,
- delusion,
- delusiveness,
- departed spirit,
- disembodied spirit,
- dream,
- dupery,
- duppy,
- dybbuk,
- eidetic image,
- eidolon,
- enmeshment,
- ensnarement,
- entanglement,
- entrapment,
- envisage,
- envisaging,
- envision,
- envisioning,
- epitome,
- eye,
- eyeful,
- eyesight,
- fallaciousness,
- fallacy,
- false image,
- falseness,
- fancy,
- fantasque,
- fantasy,
- feature,
- fiction,
- figment,
- figure,
- flimflam,
- flimflammery,
- fond illusion,
- fooling,
- foresight,
- foresightedness,
- form,
- ghost,
- grateful dead,
- guide,
- hallucination,
- hant,
- haunt,
- hoodwinking,
- idea,
- idle fancy,
- idolum,
- illusion,
- image,
- imagery,
- imagery study,
- imagination,
- imagine,
- imaging,
- imagining,
- imagism,
- imagistic poetry,
- immateriality,
- incorporeal,
- incorporeal being,
- incorporeity,
- incubus,
- insight,
- insubstantial image,
- invention,
- kidding,
- larva,
- lemures,
- lifelike image,
- maggot,
- make-believe,
- manes,
- Masan,
- materialization,
- mental image,
- mental picture,
- mental representation,
- mirage,
- muse,
- myth,
- nightmare,
- objectification,
- oni,
- oracle,
- outwitting,
- overreaching,
- perception,
- perspective,
- phantasm,
- phantasma,
- phantasmagoria,
- phantom,
- phasm,
- phenomenon,
- picture,
- picturing,
- pipe dream,
- plan,
- poem,
- poetic imagery,
- poltergeist,
- presence,
- prophecy,
- putting on,
- realize,
- revenant,
- reverie,
- romance,
- scheme,
- seeing,
- self-deception,
- shade,
- shadow,
- shape,
- shrouded spirit,
- sick fancy,
- sight,
- snow job,
- song and dance,
- specter,
- spectral ghost,
- spirit,
- spoofery,
- spoofing,
- spook,
- sprite,
- subterfuge,
- swindling,
- theophany,
- thick-coming fancies,
- thing of beauty,
- trickiness,
- tricking,
- trip,
- understanding,
- unsubstantiality,
- vapor,
- victimization,
- view,
- visual image,
- visualization,
- visualize,
- Vorstellung,
- waking dream,
- walking dead man,
- wandering soul,
- whim,
- whimsy,
- wildest dream,
- wildest dreams,
- willful misconception,
- wishful thinking,
- word-painting,
- wraith,
- zombie
Words containing 'Vision'
- Visional,
- Visioned,
- Visioning,
- Arc of vision,
- Beatific vision,
- Direct vision,
- Field of vision,
- Indirect vision,
- Reflected vision,
- Refracted vision,
- Vision purple,
- achromatic vision,
- binocular vision,
- central vision,
- chromatic vision,
- color vision,
- daylight vision,
- distance vision,
- double vision,
- foveal vision,
- line of vision,
- monochromatic vision,
- monocular vision,
- near vision,
- night vision,
- peripheral vision,
- photopic vision,
- scotopic vision,
- stereoscopic vision,
- tunnel vision,
- twilight vision,
- vision defect,
- color vision deficiency,
- colour vision deficiency