visionvi‧sion /ˈvɪʒən/ ●●○ S3 W3 AWL noun 
She suffered temporary loss of vision after being struck on the head. Tears blurred her vision (=made it difficult for her to see).good/normal/poor etc vision children who are born with poor visiontwenty-twenty/20–20 vision (=the ability to see perfectly)night vision (=the ability to see when it is dark)2[uncountable] the area that you can see: a figure at the edge of her visionsomebody’s field/line of vision (=the area someone is able to see without turning their head) As the cars overtake you, they are temporarily outside your field of vision.3[countable] an idea of what you think something should be likevision of He had a clear vision of how he hoped the company would develop.vision for The president outlined his vision for the future.grand/powerful/original etc vision a grand vision for the country4have visions of something if you have visions of something happening, especially something bad, you imagine it happening: I had visions of the kids getting lost and getting abducted by some weirdo.5[countable] something that you seem to see as part of a powerful religious experience: She had a vision in which Jesus appeared before her.in a vision He became a monk after seeing Saint Apollinaris in a vision.6[uncountable] the knowledge and imagination that are needed in planning for the future with a clear purpose: We need a leader with vision and strong principles. his enthusiasm and breadth of vision7a vision of beauty/loveliness etc literary someone who is very beautiful8[uncountable] the quality of a picture that you can see on a televisionCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + visiongood· I have good vision in my right eye.normal· Short-sighted children may be unaware of what people with normal vision can see.perfect· Babies aren’t born with perfect vision.20–20 vision (=perfect vision)· The soldier had 20-20 vision.poor/defective· Her vision was quite poor and she always wore glasses.blurred (=not clear)· He complained of headaches and blurred vision.night vision (=the ability to see when it is dark)· Cats have good night vision but can’t see colour very well.peripheral vision (=your ability to see things to the side of you when you are looking ahead)· She could read easily, but her peripheral vision was poor.double vision (=when you see two of everything around you)· One of the symptoms of the illness is double vision.tunnel vision (=when you can only see what you are directly looking at)· A pupil with tunnel vision may have difficulty finding the words written on the blackboard.verbsblur somebody’s vision (=make someone not see clearly)· Tears of fury blurred her vision, and she blinked them away.clear your vision· She blinked to clear her vision.
WORD ORIGINvision
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French, Latin visio, from visus, past participle of videre ‘to see’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- As Martha grew older, her vision began to fail.
- Bernadette had a vision in which the Virgin Mary appeared before her.
- He complained that the new lenses gave him double vision and headaches.
- In her vision, Joan of Arc saw an angel telling her to go and fight for France.
- Many people claim to have had visions while praying at Lourdes.
- My aunt still has some vision in her left eye - she can make out colours and shapes.
- Three days before she died, Rita was blessed with a vision of Our Lord.
- Until she was eighteen she had 20-20 vision - now she has to wear glasses.
- When he woke up he had a splitting headache and his vision was blurred.
- When I have a migraine, I can't stand up without vomiting and my vision is distorted.
- But the history of New York development shows how haphazard such controls can be if there is no such clear vision.
- Contact lenses sometimes give better visual acuity in these cases and the field of vision is nearly always improved.
- If your vision proves true, he said, I will be very rich.
- Reporters and producers have a public duty to speak out if their vision of truth is suppressed by government appointees.
- The Keeper of the Shrine of Asuryan plucked out his eyes but even this did not stop the terrible visions.
- This vision imposes severe social conditions, however.
- Through their photography Marcy and Muybridge opened up to vision things that the human eye could not perceive.
Longman Language Activatorsomething that you imagine
not real, but existing only as a picture or idea in your mind: · When Linda was a child she had an imaginary friend called Booboo.· He pointed an imaginary gun at me and pretended to shoot.· Frankie was the kind of guy who lived in an imaginary world all of his own.
an exciting or enjoyable experience that you imagine happening to you, but which will probably never happen: · Everyone's fantasy is that one day they will win the National Lottery.live in a fantasy world (=to always be having fantasies): · My son seems to live in a fantasy world sometimes.
pleasant thoughts you have about something you would like to do, that make you forget where you are and what you are doing: · I began to have daydreams about us being married.· She was sitting at the back of the class, lost in a daydream.
something you see that does not really exist, especially something that you see because you are ill or have taken drugs: · I knew that what I had seen was a hallucination, but it was so real and frightening.have hallucinations: · Jamie lost two and a half stone in the next fortnight, couldn't eat and had hallucinations.
an image, especially a religious image, that you can see but which other people cannot: · Bernadette had a vision in which the Virgin Mary appeared before her.
something you think you see that is not really there an experience of seeing something which is not really there, for example because you have been taking drugs or because you are ill: suffer/have hallucinations: · I suffered horrendous hallucinations and flashbacks, and quit using LSD.· In tests, the drug caused patients to have hallucinations.
something that you imagine you can see, that is either not there at all, or is actually something else: · The road appears to get narrower as you look into the distance, but it's just an illusion.give/create an illusion of something: · It's a small room, but the mirrors create an illusion of space.· She isn't particularly tall, but her upright posture gives an illusion of height.
something, especially an area of water in a desert, that you think you can see in the distance but which is not really there, caused by hot air conditions: · She thought at first it must be the edge of the sea, then realised it was a mirage.· an eerie no-man's land where travellers see mirages
something that you imagine you can see, especially as part of a strong religious experience: · In her vision, Joan of Arc saw an angel telling her to go and fight for France.vision of: · Three days before she died, Rita was blessed with a vision of Our Lord.have visions : · Many people claim to have had visions while praying at Lourdes.
spoken to imagine that you are seeing something that is not there - use this especially to say that you are so surprised at something that you see that you almost cannot believe it: · I thought I saw Patty arrive. I must be seeing things today.
the ability to see the ability to see: · There are five senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.partial sight (=when someone can only see a little): · 'Has Peter got any sight at all now?' 'Only partial sight, in one eye.'impaired sight (=damaged): · Nicole has suffered since birth from impaired sight as a result of cerebral palsy.lose your sight (=become unable to see): · She lost her sight at the age of 12 following an illness.
the ability to see - use this to talk about how well or badly someone can see: · My eyesight's got a lot worse over the last few years.· an eyesight testgood/bad eyesight: · You must have good eyesight. I can't even make it out from here.
the ability to see - use this especially about damage to someone's sight or when someone's sight is affected by an injury, by alcohol etc: · When he woke up he had a splitting headache and his vision was blurred.· When I have a migraine, I can't stand up without vomiting and my vision is distorted.have vision (=be able to see): · My aunt still has some vision in her left eye - she can make out colours and shapes.double vision (=when you seem to see two of everything): · He complained that the new lenses gave him double vision and headaches.20-20 vision (=perfect vision): · Until she was eighteen she had 20-20 vision - now she has to wear glasses.
if you can see , you are able to see things, especially after you have been unable to: · Thanks to a new operation, Ann can see for the first time in her life.· Turn the light on so we can see!
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + vision His vision was blurred. a politician known for his breadth of vision Churchill’s clarity of vision impressed all who knew him. Don’t let your personal feelings cloud your judgement. Fear had clouded his vision. A boat came into my line of vision (=the direction I was looking in). stereoscopic visionCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· I have good vision in my right eye.
· Short-sighted children may be unaware of what people with normal vision can see.
· Babies aren’t born with perfect vision.
(=perfect vision)· The soldier had 20-20 vision.
· Her vision was quite poor and she always wore glasses.
(=not clear)· He complained of headaches and blurred vision.
(=the ability to see when it is dark)· Cats have good night vision but can’t see colour very well.
(=your ability to see things to the side of you when you are looking ahead)· She could read easily, but her peripheral vision was poor.
(=when you see two of everything around you)· One of the symptoms of the illness is double vision.
(=when you can only see what you are directly looking at)· A pupil with tunnel vision may have difficulty finding the words written on the blackboard.
verbs (=make someone not see clearly)· Tears of fury blurred her vision, and she blinked them away.
· She blinked to clear her vision.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES His vision was blurred. a politician known for his breadth of vision Churchill’s clarity of vision impressed all who knew him. Don’t let your personal feelings cloud your judgement. Fear had clouded his vision. A boat came into my line of vision (=the direction I was looking in). (=a very bad situation that might happen)· The book gives us a nightmare vision of a family destroyed by one man's secrets.
stereoscopic vision· But their range of binocular vision is only about 30°.· Ben possessed the kind of binocular vision I needed so badly.· Ducks, too, have 360° vision, with eyes on the sides of their heads, but with limited binocular vision.· For example owls and other predatory birds such as buzzards have binocular vision and acute hearing although they have a poor sense of smell.· It has binocular vision for locating its prey and now rests motionless, waiting for the potential victim to come closer.· The fish possesses a further adaptation to enhance its accuracy: binocular vision.· Although it occurs among mammals and birds, few other fish possess binocular vision.
· Namely, clear vision for the driver, whatever the conditions.· But the history of New York development shows how haphazard such controls can be if there is no such clear vision.· That view may be interpreted as a piece of self-delusion, or as a clear vision.· But Welch demystified it by basing it on a clear, well-articulated vision and the right principles.· My brain is filled full of vague images, but no clear vision of one necessary thing.· They are able to do this be-cause they start out with a clear vision of where they want to go.· The ring is virtually invisible around the central cornea which is the critical area for clear vision.· Put simply, polarisation works like a venetian blind to cut reflection from above and below yet still allow clear vision.
· These measures will show the distance at which the child with defective vision can be expected to discriminate visually presented material.· In short, nearly one in three possessed physical defects, a figure which took no account of dental problems or defective vision.· Should children with defective vision be resting their eyes?· Small print, dense layout, footnotes and detailed diagrams can be very demanding for some pupils with defective vision.· The ultimate aim must be to help pupils with defective vision to use as much standard material as possible in common with their classmates.
· The three Piper operas represent a different vision of musical dramaturgy to the rest of the Britten canon.· Forgotten, perhaps, in this mini building boom, is a different vision.· It was only a little local wrangle. Different strategic visions of the club and that sort of thing.· But as in Las Vegas, the players are provided a different vision.· A different vision of the company might draw upon the democratic ideal which inspires the relation of the citizen to the state.· It is a case of same view, slightly different vision.
· Repeat prescription 16. Double vision 17.· He can walk and his speech is not affected, but he suffers from poor concentration and intermittent double vision.· Dizziness with blurred or double vision.· Eyes Blurred vision, double vision, sensitivity to bright lights.· Shakespeare's early poems sketch that double vision and later many of his heroes are plagued by it.· The operation left Keith profoundly disabled, he's deaf, he walks with difficulty and suffers double vision.· This double vision of the woman-goddess is said to be the mainspring of Shakespeare's tragedies.· If the two eyes are not directed at the same object, double vision results.
· The cap, then, falls within an overall grand vision of chanciness and risk.· The pride, excitement, and extraordinary accomplishments Byrd refers to came in response to what was obviously a grand vision.· Rank was a businessman who pursued a grander vision than Isidore Ostrer or John Maxwell had ever done.· The grand vision of the position of Canterbury was reinforced by anxieties such as these.
· But by the middle of the twenties, when Ramsey began to study the matter, a new vision appeared.· If you enlist them effectively these people will make extraordinary efforts to advance new visions and possibilities.· Before November, the president may proclaim a new vision of government for a new age.· The new monistic vision demands a different aesthetic expression from that appropriate to the dualistic vision.· In his 1986 State of the City address, he summed up his new vision.· This new vision of life is in marked contrast to the blindness and insensitivity of self-interest and pride.· Many Democratic veterans believe the new liberal vision must necessarily include some government cutting.
· We need additional, converging, evidence to show that the subcortical visual system contributes to normal vision.· Without turning my head, I see them as clearly as though in my normal field of vision.· This is recorded as normal vision.· This two-stage account of his neglect is in accordance with recent two-stage characterizations of normal vision.
· Daimler will either be a monument to his original vision, or just another lame duck.· Rice had a powerful and original vision, and the charisma to instill that vision in others.· A major departure from his original vision was the rejection of a seven year course - but other concepts were accepted.· They are always people with an original vision.· Like the center of a dying fire, the Great Plains held that original vision longest.· He or she is a pragmatic dreamer, a person with an original but attainable vision.
· This allows them to maintain the same panoramic peripheral vision over a wide range of light levels.· I held Ellie in my peripheral vision, watching her long neck and the swell of her chest from across the room.· I was taking it slowly when I caught a flash of red on the edge of my peripheral vision.· The sailor must have caught my sudden motion in his peripheral vision: he looked up suddenly, and dimensions shifted again.· I made do with peripheral vision, which, after all, is the next best thing.· Use your peripheral vision widely when moving from place to place.· Tracers from our own guns flowed in my peripheral vision.
· Justice for the Poor is a vision which can unite us all.· The syndrome usually causes poor vision as well.· This is the easy part, proving difficult only for those with unsteady hands, poor vision or failure to comprehend.· A bird would need extremely poor vision to be fooled by it.· Vague or inexact directions can be mystifying for pupils with poor vision.· The letters should be sufficiently large and should be placed soas to cater for patients with poor vision.· Perhaps each species of bird or monkey has poor vision and latches on to just one limited aspect of an insect.
· Basques, too, had a powerful vision of their own different identity and special history.· Rice had a powerful and original vision, and the charisma to instill that vision in others.· New organization designs can portray powerful visions to guide people to work together in new ways needed to deliver performance and change.· A powerful enough vision can transform what would otherwise be loss and drudgery into sacrifice.· Indeed, that event more than any other produced a powerful vision for Black & White.
NOUN· I had killed the lights and my night vision was well adjusted when he arrived.· Red lamps at night do not interrupt your night vision, it is true.· Car headlamps are a different matter: they wreck night vision immediately.· It was dark and my night vision was less than special.· He decided to launch his attack right away, while the other man's night vision was still impaired.· At night agents wear special night vision goggles.· Cats have good night vision but can't see colour very well.· I crept through the brush as only a boy with bad night vision can.
· Something not unlike tunnel vision ensues in the case of black kids.· Each group has its insular concerns and each is locked within the tunnel vision of its own experience and tangible self-interest.· I just looked straight down the track, set my tunnel vision and climbed into my blocks.· Such proposals are typical of the tunnel vision that has characterized most of our economic models.· And many, surely, that our human tunnel vision is unable to perceive.· But such thinking can produce temporal tunnel vision.· Both had been disgracefully neglected till then. Tunnel vision and mutual incomprehension were natural reactions.· I had three children, a home to run ... and tunnel vision as far as the Spencers were concerned.
VERB· She felt the anguished tears of motherhood blur her vision and blinked them away.· After a few minutes of running through drills, the girls began to complain of headaches and blurred vision.· Tears blurred her vision as she swung out, hammering on the horn.· Frank slid into second base, wound up with blurred vision and missed the rest of the year.· Instead of which she found herself having to blink away the sting of tears that blurred her vision.· Sufferers also complain of headaches, intermittent blurred vision and vision sluggishness.
· He told me that there are good people about and not to let this incident cloud my vision.· He had perhaps allowed hatred of the Hohenstaufer to cloud his vision.· If the sheer quantity of information about 1992 is clouding your vision, look no further for the silver lining.
· In most cases, however, it would appear that leader and follower participate together in creating the vision.· In yet other settings it means creating a schoolwide vision for a school in transition, as at Thayer.· Overall perspective Linked to the notion of creating a vision is connecting that vision to the overall perspective of the organisation.· My thanks to her and all the other women who have had the courage to create alternative visions.· What we must do is to create the greatest visions of our lives and live them.· The single defining quality of leaders is the capacity to create and realize a vision.· Yet whenever they meet, they repeatedly fail to create the vision and the strategy they desire.
· You need to offer a vision of what government can do to help.
· We share the same liberating visions and commitments as our biblical foremothers.· Visualize what the company should be like, and share that vision.· Thursday Met the lady who lives at the top of our road who shared the vision on Sunday night.· Moreover his senior colleagues shared his vision for change in his division and in Southwest as a whole.· The biggest difficulty has been sharing my vision with others.· A fellow New Democrat, Gore shared the Clinton vision.· It's the difference between putting across a point of view, and sharing a vision.· The same shared vision guides us today.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[uncountable] the ability to see SYN sight: - I have visions of some of these poor women who work all day long exposed to such seductive sounds becoming hypnotised.
- I think of it with loathing and dread; have visions of designing the no-need-to-clear-mask and then return to reality.
- In that dream he saw a vision of loveliness: himself as Foreign Secretary.
- His head would explode, and his field of vision would contract until he was almost blind.
- It will be appreciated that the precise nature of the degree or defect in acuity or field of vision is highly individual.
- Mrs LaRue smiled and moved away from my field of vision.
- Some evidence for this point of view is given under validation - sensitivity across the field of view.
- The serious aerial photographer will be looking for adjustment through vertical and horizontal axes so that the field of view is precise.
- With astonishment, I saw distinct black specks dancing in the field of view.
- With increased power, the field of view becomes smaller, and with increased aperture the binoculars become heavier.
- Without turning my head, I see them as clearly as though in my normal field of vision.
- I held Ellie in my peripheral vision, watching her long neck and the swell of her chest from across the room.
- I made do with peripheral vision, which, after all, is the next best thing.
- I was taking it slowly when I caught a flash of red on the edge of my peripheral vision.
- The sailor must have caught my sudden motion in his peripheral vision: he looked up suddenly, and dimensions shifted again.
- This allows them to maintain the same panoramic peripheral vision over a wide range of light levels.
- Tracers from our own guns flowed in my peripheral vision.
- Use your peripheral vision widely when moving from place to place.
- I hope that the account that follows will seem straight forward-but it is written with the twenty-twenty vision of hindsight.
She suffered temporary loss of vision after being struck on the head. Tears blurred her vision (=made it difficult for her to see).good/normal/poor etc vision children who are born with poor visiontwenty-twenty/20–20 vision (=the ability to see perfectly)night vision (=the ability to see when it is dark)2[uncountable] the area that you can see: a figure at the edge of her visionsomebody’s field/line of vision (=the area someone is able to see without turning their head) As the cars overtake you, they are temporarily outside your field of vision.3[countable] an idea of what you think something should be likevision of He had a clear vision of how he hoped the company would develop.vision for The president outlined his vision for the future.grand/powerful/original etc vision a grand vision for the country4have visions of something if you have visions of something happening, especially something bad, you imagine it happening: I had visions of the kids getting lost and getting abducted by some weirdo.5[countable] something that you seem to see as part of a powerful religious experience: She had a vision in which Jesus appeared before her.in a vision He became a monk after seeing Saint Apollinaris in a vision.6[uncountable] the knowledge and imagination that are needed in planning for the future with a clear purpose: We need a leader with vision and strong principles. his enthusiasm and breadth of vision7a vision of beauty/loveliness etc literary someone who is very beautiful8[uncountable] the quality of a picture that you can see on a televisionCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + visiongood· I have good vision in my right eye.normal· Short-sighted children may be unaware of what people with normal vision can see.perfect· Babies aren’t born with perfect vision.20–20 vision (=perfect vision)· The soldier had 20-20 vision.poor/defective· Her vision was quite poor and she always wore glasses.blurred (=not clear)· He complained of headaches and blurred vision.night vision (=the ability to see when it is dark)· Cats have good night vision but can’t see colour very well.peripheral vision (=your ability to see things to the side of you when you are looking ahead)· She could read easily, but her peripheral vision was poor.double vision (=when you see two of everything around you)· One of the symptoms of the illness is double vision.tunnel vision (=when you can only see what you are directly looking at)· A pupil with tunnel vision may have difficulty finding the words written on the blackboard.verbsblur somebody’s vision (=make someone not see clearly)· Tears of fury blurred her vision, and she blinked them away.clear your vision· She blinked to clear her vision.