the act or power of anticipating that which will or may come to be: prophetic vision; the vision of an entrepreneur.
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an experience in which a personage, thing, or event appears vividly or credibly to the mind, although not actually present, often under the influence of a divine or other agency: a heavenly messenger appearing in a vision. Compare hallucination(def. 1).
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something seen or otherwise perceived during such an experience: The vision revealed its message.
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a vivid, imaginative conception or anticipation: visions of wealth and glory.
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something seen; an object of sight.
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a scene, person, etc., of extraordinary beauty: The sky was a vision of red and pink.
c.1290, "something seen in the imagination or in the supernatural," from Anglo-Fr. visioun, O.Fr. vision, from L. visionem (nom. visio) "act of seeing, sight, thing seen," from pp. stem of videre "to see," from PIE base *weid- "to know, to see" (cf. Skt. veda "I know;" Avestan vaeda "I know;" Gk. oida, Doric woida "I know," idein "to see;" O.Ir. fis "vision," find "white," i.e. "clearly seen," fiuss "knowledge;" Welsh gwyn, Gaulish vindos, Breton gwenn "white;" Goth., O.Swed., O.E. witan "to know;" Goth. weitan "to see;" Eng. wise, Ger. wissen "to know;" Lith. vysti "to see;" Bulg. vidya "I see;" Pol. widziec' "to see," weidziec' "to know;" Rus. videt' "to see," vest' "news," O.Russ. vedat' "to know"). The meaning "sense of sight" is first recorded c.1491. Meaning "statesman-like foresight, political sagacity" is attested from 1926.
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]
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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"
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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]
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a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance; "he had a vision of the Virgin Mary"
Ad*vice"\, n. [OE. avis, F. avis; ? + OF. vis, fr. L. visum seemed, seen; really p. p. of videre to see, so that vis meant that which has seemed best. See Vision, and cf. Avise, Advise.]1. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. --Franklin. 2. Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [Obs.] How shall I dote on her with more advice, That thus without advice begin to love her? --Shak. 3. Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural. Note: In commercial language, advice usually means information communicated by letter; -- used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange; as, a letter of advice. --McElrath. 4. (Crim. Law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. --Wharton. Advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat. To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult with another or others. Syn: Counsel; suggestion; recommendation; admonition; exhortation; information; notice.
Clair*voy"ant\, a. [F., fr. clair clear + voyant, p. pr. of voir to see. See Clear, and Vision.] Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.
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