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noun

plural of vision
1
as in dreams
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality a vision of the future that no other film director had ever created

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2
as in apparitions
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people believed he'd seen a vision of his mother

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visions

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verb

present tense third-person singular of vision
as in imagines
to form a mental picture of visioned her idea of the perfect meal

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Recent Examples of visions
Noun
Some opening day effects are long gone, such as the illusion created by actual shifting doors at the start of the attraction, or visions of tumbling rubble near its beginning. — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 Polls now show the two running neck-and-neck in a race marked by sharply different visions for Brazil’s economy, security and place in the world. — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026 The series follows a group of misbehaving Catholic school girls who experience prophetic visions after a dance-team initiation goes wrong, triggering mass hysteria throughout their town. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026 Blurred visions distort Jengira’s sense of time and space, drawing her across various time periods. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 18 Oct. 2026 The candidates offer sharply different visions for the rainforest. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 How these dueling visions of research in America play out will in some ways be shaped by the outcomes of the next few elections. — Megan Molteni, STAT, 14 Oct. 2026 After coming into contact with the squid, Wade begins to have visions of the hag, a black-haired, sopping-wet woman in white who comes to him repeatedly. — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026 The two candidates running for the job have vastly different visions for how that system will work. — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visions
  1. dreams
  2. apparitions
  3. imagines
  4. fantasies
  5. spirits
  6. envisions
  7. illusions
  8. ghosts
Noun
  • In a matter of weeks, when the midterm results are tallied and the next campaign begins, Democrats with presidential dreams know the question will be coming.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • In his dreams, Jose Fiscal Belli is still living an all-American life with his all-American family.
    — Gregory Royal Pratt, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of dreams
Noun
  • That is, until miraculous apparitions turn it into a place to be.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 July 2026
  • Today, the massive complex attracts paranormal investigators who report apparitions, voices, and other unexplained phenomena.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
Definition of apparitions
Verb
  • Swift appears as a spectral figure trying to warn Johnson that, based on her own experience, her rich husband has more sinister intentions than his current bride imagines.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Our work re-imagines these ancient tombs as theatrical spaces, built to perpetuate a form of metaphysical human experience.
    — Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of imagines
Noun
  • The words cut sharply into the jumble of to-do lists, fantasies, snippets of possible writing, worry, and leftover traces of postpartum depression that constituted my mind in the early months of 1993.
    — Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Every week, the critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from literary fiction and serious nonfiction to thrillers, romance novels, fantasies, mysteries and everything in between.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of fantasies
Noun
  • The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether Congress had the constitutional authority to impose a ban on distilling spirits in private homes more than 150 years ago.
    — Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Jonah himself is remaining positive while keeping his spirits up thanks to the love, support and encouragement of his family, friends and all those doctors and nurses who care so much for him.
    — Patrick Snell, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of spirits
Verb
  • Martin envisions new housing projects along with restaurants as a part of reviving Main, where blight and neglect were steadily gaining ground until former Mayor Mike Walsh began a revitalization drive.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The tech giant envisions a network of people’s personal AI agents interacting with businesses’ AI agents instead of navigating through a website.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of envisions
Noun
  • Pokémon cards, a pricey Ferrari shirt and a touristy museum of illusions.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
  • When the team built a setup to directly quantify real-time heat flux alongside electrical output, the theoretical illusions collapsed.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of illusions
Noun
  • From glittering ghosts, ghastly goblins and wicked witches to wily warlocks, fashion can inspire any Halloween transformation.
    — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026
  • There were earlier versions of this story that were openly mocking of Kip, versions that threw Leo under the bus for being too sly; versions that were too overtly political; versions with ghosts that didn’t need to be there, and so on.
    — Deborah Treisman, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
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“Visions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visions. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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