vision
/ˈvɪʒ.ən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "[…]For to a Viſion ſo apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute[…]"
- "It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!"
- "He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision."
- "Visitations are a commonly reported afterlife phenomenon. For example, a dying patient has a vision of her mother, who has been dead for twenty years."
- "For having the Idea of any thing in our Mind, no more proves the Exiſtence of that Thing, than the Picture of a Man evidences his being in the World, or the Viſions of a Dream make thereby a true Hiſtory."
- "I know you wanted me to stay But I can't ignore the crazy visions of me in LA"
Etymology
From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“to see”) + action noun suffix -iō.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *weyd-, visioun, vision, vīsiō