vision

Etymology

From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“I see”) + action noun suffix -iō.

noun

1. (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
2. (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
   […] For to a Viſion ſo apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute […] , [Act I, scene ii]
   It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found! 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid
3. (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
   He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.
   Visitations are a commonly reported afterlife phenomenon. For example, a dying patient has a vision of her mother, who has been dead for twenty years. 2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, page 107
4. (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
   For having the Idea of any thing in our Mind, no more proves the Exiſtence of that Thing, than the Picture of a Man evidences his being in the World, or the Viſions of a Dream make thereby a true Hiſtory. 1690, John Locke, “Of our Knowledge of the Existence of other Things”, in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, volume II, London: A. Bettesworth et al., published 1735, book III, page 250
5. (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
   He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.
6. (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
   He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.
7. (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
8. (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.

verb

1. (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
2. (transitive) To present as in a vision.
3. (transitive) To provide with a vision.