- vision
- noun1 ability to seeADJECTIVE▪ 20/20, excellent, perfect▪
The eye test shows she has perfect vision.
▪ normal▪ clear, sharp (esp. AmE)▪The rain prevented her having clear vision of the road ahead.
▪ blurred, blurry (esp. AmE), distorted, impaired, poor▪ double, tunnel (often figurative)▪ binocular, stereoscopic▪ heat, X-ray▪ distance▪I can read without glasses, but my distance vision is poor.
▪ night▪ colour/color▪ peripheral▪Use your peripheral vision widely when moving from place to place.
▪ machineVERB + VISION▪ have▪ give (sb)▪ block, obscure, restrict▪ distort, impair▪ blind, blur, cloud▪The tears blurred her vision.
▪ fill, flood▪ clear, improve, sharpen▪ correct▪ lose▪ restore▪ regainVISION + VERB▪ blur, fade, swim▪ go black, go blank, go blurry▪ clear▪Her vision cleared and she realized Niall was standing beside her.
▪ disappear▪ returnPREPOSITION▪ across your vision▪A bird shot across her vision.
PHRASES▪ your field of vision▪She was aware of shapes moving across her field of vision.
▪ your line of vision▪Someone was standing in my line of vision so I couldn't see the screen.
2 picture in your imaginationADJECTIVE▪ disturbing, horrible, nightmarish, strange▪ bleak▪ inner, mental, spiritual▪ mystic, mystical, prophetic, religious▪A young girl in the town experienced a prophetic vision.
▪ poetic▪ apocalyptic▪an apocalyptic vision of the end of civilization
▪ suddenVERB + VISION▪ experience, have, receive▪I had visions of us getting hopelessly lost.
▪ conjure, conjure up▪The name ‘Las Vegas’ conjures up a vision of casinos.
VISION + VERB▪ disappear, fade▪As he approached, the vision faded and there was no one there.
PREPOSITION▪ in a/the vision▪The idea came to her in a vision.
▪ vision of3 ability to see/plan for the futureADJECTIVE▪ grand, great▪ artistic, creative, imaginative▪ alternative▪ singular, unique▪ broad, comprehensive, global, wide▪The company needs to develop a global vision.
▪ narrow▪ overall▪ personal▪ clear▪The engineers had a clear vision of what they wanted to achieve.
▪ compelling▪ bold, radical▪ common, shared▪They share a common vision for the development of health services.
▪ strategic▪ political▪ revolutionary▪ moral▪ romantic, Utopian▪ long-termVERB + VISION▪ have, possess▪ lack▪ create, develop▪ achieve, fulfil/fulfill, implement, realize▪ articulate, communicate, convey, describe, lay out, outline, present▪He outlined his vision for the new economic order.
▪ promote▪ pursue▪ impose▪The new leader set about imposing his vision on the party.
▪ offer▪ share▪ embrace▪ cloud▪He was determined not to let emotions cloud his vision.
PREPOSITION▪ of vision▪a statesman of great vision
▪ vision for▪a vision for the future
▪ vision of▪an alternative vision of society
PHRASES▪ breadth of vision▪His plans for the country's future show a remarkable breadth of vision.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
