vision
a vivid mental image
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,626 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,177 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a vivid mental image he had a vision of his own death
- the ability to see; the visual faculty also: sight, visual sense, visual modality
- the perceptual experience of seeing also: visual sensation the runners emerged from the trees into his clear visionhe had a visual sensation of intense light
- the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses also: imagination, imaginativeness popular imagination created a world of demonsimagination reveals what the world could be
- a religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance he had a vision of the Virgin Mary
vision in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Meanwhile what I seek is the vision of those I love.
The Mahatma and the Hare: A Dream Story · H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard · Chapter 1
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I had a vision of two large eyes looking at me out of a photograph.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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Then why pause with indecision, When bright angels in thy vision Beckon thee to fields Elysian?
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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One evening the vision was so clear, and the impression so strong, that she started up with a loud cry.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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It was that night that I found the clue to Ethan Frome, and began to put together this vision of his story.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1