envisage
en|vis|age /ɪnv'ɪzɪdʒ/ (envisages envisaging envisaged)
[VERB] V n, V -ing, V n -ing, also V that
If you envisage something, you imagine that it is true, real, or likely to happen.
He envisages the possibility of establishing direct diplomatic relations in the future...
He had never envisaged spending the whole of his working life in that particular job...
Personally, I envisage them staying together.
= imagine, envision
[VERB] V n, V -ing, V n -ing, also V that
If you envisage something, you imagine that it is true, real, or likely to happen.
He envisages the possibility of establishing direct diplomatic relations in the future...
He had never envisaged spending the whole of his working life in that particular job...
Personally, I envisage them staying together.
= imagine, envision