vision

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a vivid mental image
  2. noun the ability to see; the visual faculty
  3. noun the perceptual experience of seeing

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 (“to see”) + action noun suffix -iō.

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