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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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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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as in imagines
to form a mental picture of
visioned her idea of the perfect meal
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Recent Examples of visions
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
As natural disasters erupt, Virginia flees Detroit with her son Joshua, guided by visions that suggest her child is central to an ancient prophecy.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
There are big changes afoot in Paris, with 10 labels debuting creative visions courtesy of brand-new designers.
—Vogue, 3 Oct. 2025
The outcome will test how far both state and federal leaders are willing to go in using financial leverage to enforce competing visions of academic freedom, campus governance, and student life.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Collective farms, the bane of Soviet agriculture that had once inspired Fidel’s revolutionary visions, were no longer the norm.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
By using art as therapy, people who use psychedelics can bring their visions to life with purpose.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
His name conjures up visions of currency.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States and the Soviet Union competed for influence in Asia and Africa, packing their ideological visions in the guise of development, and luring modernizing Asian and African leaders with loans and technical assistance in dam building and hydraulics.
—Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
After escaping the Grabber’s (Ethan Hawke) clutches and putting his killing spree to a permanent end in The Black Phone, Finney investigates a winter camp with his younger sister Gwen (Madeleine McGraw), who’s had visions of the killer stalking three young boys from beyond the grave.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2025
As natural disasters erupt, Virginia flees Detroit with her son Joshua, guided by visions that suggest her child is central to an ancient prophecy.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Oct. 2025
There are big changes afoot in Paris, with 10 labels debuting creative visions courtesy of brand-new designers.
—Vogue, 3 Oct. 2025
The outcome will test how far both state and federal leaders are willing to go in using financial leverage to enforce competing visions of academic freedom, campus governance, and student life.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Collective farms, the bane of Soviet agriculture that had once inspired Fidel’s revolutionary visions, were no longer the norm.
—Joseph J. Gonzalez, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
By using art as therapy, people who use psychedelics can bring their visions to life with purpose.
—Sonia Singh, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
His name conjures up visions of currency.
—Scott Talley, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States and the Soviet Union competed for influence in Asia and Africa, packing their ideological visions in the guise of development, and luring modernizing Asian and African leaders with loans and technical assistance in dam building and hydraulics.
—Nik Kowsar, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visions
Noun
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Are your security goals on course to support your bigger dreams in life?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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The photograph was made in the Far West, a place that bore the burden of Americans’ dreams for a national rebirth in the immediate aftermath of the Civil War.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Forced to participate in increasingly macabre rituals and tests, Giacomo is consumed by the sinister — as apparitions, ghosts and deadly rumors start to accumulate.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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Forced to participate in increasingly macabre rituals and tests, Giacomo is consumed by the sinister — as apparitions, ghosts and deadly rumors start to accumulate.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Qualcomm’s Oryon 3rd-gen architecture and Snapdragon X2 chip imagines a future of personal computing with a focus on CPU and AI performance.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
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Enter Jennifer Lawrence, with a decidedly more laidback take that imagines ripped jeans as an elevated basic.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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One of them was Segar, his former coworker, who was in the middle of his workday and didn’t have the bandwidth to engage with Jon’s fantasies about a cataclysmic event.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Likewise, be careful about major purchases, because an element of confusion, along with possible deceit (including fantasies of grandeur), might cloud your thinking.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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On select dates, the pop-up offers a unique drink-and-tattoo experience, as well as live tarot readings ready to reveal what the spirits have in store.—
Diana Leyva,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Oct. 2025
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The pair was in good spirits during the season 8 reunion, with Daniel flaunting a tattoo of Taylor's eyes on his chest that's equal parts romantic and upsetting.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The plan envisions a reconstructed strip supported principally by regional players that could stabilize the region and provide in the short term humanitarian relief and in the long term economic opportunities to Gazans.—
Asher Kaufman,
The Conversation,
30 Sep. 2025
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The pathway’s first cohort, which began this fall, includes nearly 30 students, and Capp envisions expanding enrollment as interest grows.—
Jenelyn Russo,
Oc Register,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ellen retreats to her room and daydreams of her father, who understood his headstrong daughter.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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In the Netflix dramedy Too Much, a brokenhearted American, Jess, makes the move across the pond, inspired in part by daydreams of stately castles, rolling green hills and dashing gentlemen professing their ardent admiration.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Ha-Ha-Halloween Song If your toddler is still a tad freaked out by all the skeletons and ghosts appearing around their neighborhood in the form of creepy decorations, and the prospect of dressing up just doesn’t sound appealing, CoComelon can help.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
3 Oct. 2025
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Every room has had an account of ghosts or spirits but certain rooms are consistently haunted.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Visions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visions. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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