'Vision' definitions:

Definition of 'vision'

From: WordNet
noun
A vivid mental image; "he had a vision of his own death"
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The ability to see; the visual faculty [syn: sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality]
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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]
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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
  • Vision \Vi"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Visioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Visioning.] To see in a vision; to dream. [1913 Webster]
  • For them no visioned terrors daunt, Their nights no fancied specters haunt. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]

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