vision
♦ vi|sion /v'ɪʒən/ (visions)
1 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
Your vision of a future situation or society is what you imagine or hope it would be like, if things were very different from the way they are now.
I have a vision of a society that is free of exploitation and injustice...
That's my vision of how the world could be...
2 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
If you have a vision of someone in a particular situation, you imagine them in that situation, for example because you are worried that it might happen, or hope that it will happen.
He had a vision of Cheryl, slumped on a plastic chair in the waiting-room...
Maybe you had visions of being surrounded by happy, smiling children.
= image
3 [N-COUNT]
A vision is the experience of seeing something that other people cannot see, for example in a religious experience or as a result of madness or taking drugs.
It was on 24th June 1981 that young villagers first reported seeing the Virgin Mary in a vision.
4 [N-UNCOUNT]
Your vision is your ability to see clearly with your eyes.
It causes blindness or serious loss of vision...
= sight
5 [N-UNCOUNT]
Your vision is everything that you can see from a particular place or position.
Jane blocked Cross's vision and he could see nothing...
= view
6
see also tunnel visiondou|ble vi|sion
[N-UNCOUNT]
If someone is suffering from double vision, they see a single object as two objects, for example because they are ill or have drunk too much alcohol.line of vi|sion
[N-SING] usu with poss
Your line of vision is the same as your line of sight.
Any crack in a car windscreen always seems to be right in the driver's line of vision.night vi|sion
[N-UNCOUNT] usu N n
Night vision equipment enables people, for example soldiers or pilots, to see better at night.
...night vision goggles.tun|nel vi|sion
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you suffer from tunnel vision, you are unable to see things that are not straight in front of you.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you say that someone has tunnel vision, you disapprove of them because they are concentrating completely on achieving a particular aim, and do not notice or consider all the different aspects of what they are doing.
1 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
Your vision of a future situation or society is what you imagine or hope it would be like, if things were very different from the way they are now.
I have a vision of a society that is free of exploitation and injustice...
That's my vision of how the world could be...
2 [N-COUNT] usu N of n
If you have a vision of someone in a particular situation, you imagine them in that situation, for example because you are worried that it might happen, or hope that it will happen.
He had a vision of Cheryl, slumped on a plastic chair in the waiting-room...
Maybe you had visions of being surrounded by happy, smiling children.
= image
3 [N-COUNT]
A vision is the experience of seeing something that other people cannot see, for example in a religious experience or as a result of madness or taking drugs.
It was on 24th June 1981 that young villagers first reported seeing the Virgin Mary in a vision.
4 [N-UNCOUNT]
Your vision is your ability to see clearly with your eyes.
It causes blindness or serious loss of vision...
= sight
5 [N-UNCOUNT]
Your vision is everything that you can see from a particular place or position.
Jane blocked Cross's vision and he could see nothing...
= view
6
see also tunnel visiondou|ble vi|sion
[N-UNCOUNT]
If someone is suffering from double vision, they see a single object as two objects, for example because they are ill or have drunk too much alcohol.line of vi|sion
[N-SING] usu with poss
Your line of vision is the same as your line of sight.
Any crack in a car windscreen always seems to be right in the driver's line of vision.night vi|sion
[N-UNCOUNT] usu N n
Night vision equipment enables people, for example soldiers or pilots, to see better at night.
...night vision goggles.tun|nel vi|sion
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you suffer from tunnel vision, you are unable to see things that are not straight in front of you.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
If you say that someone has tunnel vision, you disapprove of them because they are concentrating completely on achieving a particular aim, and do not notice or consider all the different aspects of what they are doing.