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{ "term": "vision", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "academic": true, "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b2", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "the ability to see; the area that you can see from a particular position", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **have** good/perfect/poor/blurred/normal **vision**" }, { "text": "Cats have good **night vision**." }, { "text": "Her vision was still blurry." }, { "text": "The disease causes a gradual loss of **peripheral vision**." }, { "text": "He glimpsed something on the edge of his vision." }, { "text": "Her vision cleared and she realized Niall was standing beside her." }, { "text": "I can read without glasses, but my distance vision is poor." }, { "text": "She was aware of shapes moving across her field of vision." }, { "text": "The eye test shows she has perfect vision." }, { "text": "The high driving position gives excellent all-round vision." }, { "text": "The rain prevented her having clear vision of the road ahead." }, { "text": "The tears blurred her vision." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["20/20", "excellent", "perfect"], "verb + vision": ["have", "give (somebody)", "block"], "vision + verb": ["blur", "fade", "swim"], "preposition": ["across your vision"], "phrases": ["your field of vision", "your line of vision"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "an idea or a picture in your imagination", "sensetop": "vision of somebody/somethingvision of doing somethingvision of somebody/something doing somethingvision for somebody/something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Our job is to guide a client and develop a strategic vision." }, { "text": "He **had a vision** of a world in which there would be no wars.", "contextForm": "vision of somebody/something" }, { "text": "The word conjures up visions of home and family." }, { "text": "The film's **vision of the future** is bleak." }, { "text": "He harboured visions of becoming party leader some day.", "contextForm": "vision of doing something" }, { "text": "I **had visions** of us getting hopelessly lost.", "contextForm": "vision of somebody/something doing something" }, { "text": "These two men **share** a similar **vision** for the country.", "contextForm": "vision for somebody/something" }, { "text": "He had a very specific **vision for the future**." }, { "text": "They share a common vision for the development of health services." }, { "text": "The word ‘island’ conjures up a vision of a relaxing summer holiday." }, { "text": "a vision for the future" }, { "text": "an alternative vision of society" }, { "text": "an apocalyptic vision of the end of civilization" }, { "text": "The name ‘Las Vegas’ conjures up a vision of casinos." }, { "text": "The engineers had a clear vision of what they wanted to achieve." }, { "text": "The company needs to develop a global vision." }, { "text": "He outlined his vision for the new economic order." }, { "text": "The new leader set about imposing his vision on the party." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["disturbing", "horrible", "nightmarish"], "verb + vision": ["experience", "have", "receive"], "vision + verb": ["disappear", "fade"], "preposition": ["in a/the vision", "vision of"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a dream or similar experience, especially of a religious kind", "sensetop": "in a visionvision of somebody/something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The idea came to her in a vision.", "contextForm": "in a vision" }, { "text": "He **had visions** regularly." }, { "text": "She claimed she saw a vision of the Virgin Mary.", "contextForm": "vision of somebody/something" }, { "text": "A young girl in the town experienced a prophetic vision." }, { "text": "As he approached, the vision faded and there was no one there." } ], "topics": ["Religion and festivals"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["disturbing", "horrible", "nightmarish"], "verb + vision": ["experience", "have", "receive"], "vision + verb": ["disappear", "fade"], "preposition": ["in a/the vision", "vision of"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "the ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination and intelligence", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She had vision and determination." }, { "text": "a leader of vision" }, { "text": "He's a competent politician, but he lacks vision." }, { "text": "a statesman of great vision" }, { "text": "His plans for the country's future show a remarkable breadth of vision." } ], "synonyms": "foresight", "collocations": { "adjective": ["grand", "great", "artistic"], "verb + vision": ["have", "possess", "lack"], "preposition": ["of vision", "vision for", "vision of"], "phrases": ["breadth of vision"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a person of great beauty or who shows the quality mentioned", "sensetop": "a vision (of something)", "labels": "(literary)", "examples": [ { "text": "She was a vision in white lace." }, { "text": "a vision of loveliness" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "the picture on a television or cinema screen", "examples": [ { "text": "We apologize for the loss of vision." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈvɪʒn/", "audio": "vi/vision/vision__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈvɪʒn/", "audio": "vi/vision/vision__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting a supernatural apparition): via Old French from Latin visio(n-), from videre ‘to see’." }