Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

envision

/ɪnˈvɪʒn̩/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: en-vi-sion
IPA: /ɪnˈvɪʒn̩/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Miller famously tried to use as little CGI as possible in Fury Road. Instead, he got people to make the freaky, impossible cars he’d envisioned—the spike-covered scavenger-mobiles, the monster-truck hot rod, the enormous War Rig that really serves as a main character in itself—into functional vehicles."

Etymology

From en- + vision, from Latin visionem (“a thing or sight seen”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: en

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

envisions (present, singular) envisioning (participle, present) envisioned (participle, past) envisioned (past)

Derived Forms

envisioner envisionment reenvision

Synonyms

envisage visualize dream imagine think up visualise project fancy see figure picture image

Rhymes With

decision division vision provision precision collision supervision revision parisian circumcision incision derision

Questions

How do you pronounce envision?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈvɪʒn̩/.
What does envision mean?: To conceive or see something within one's mind. To imagine.
Where does envision come from?: From en- + vision, from Latin visionem (“a thing or sight seen”).

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