To form a mental picture or conception of a possibility, scene or future arrangement.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- envision a scene
- envision a future
On the page
The writer envisioned the scene from the doorway before choosing the opening detail.
She envisioned a future arrangement in which the shared obligations were visible.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- envision
- Past tense
- envisioned
- Past participle
- envisioned
- Present participle
- envisioning
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- envision
- Present continuous
- am/is/are envisioning
- Present perfect
- have/has envisioned
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been envisioning
- Past
- envisioned
- Past continuous
- was/were envisioning
- Past perfect
- had envisioned
- Past perfect continuous
- had been envisioning
- Future
- will envision
- Future continuous
- will be envisioning
- Future perfect
- will have envisioned
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been envisioning
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: envision; envisions; envisioned; envisioned; envisioning Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: narrative transformation, conception and possibility, memory representation, anticipatory detail. Disciplines: literary writing, advanced general English, narrative analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: envisions.
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