Meaning & use

envisioned

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imagined or pictured as a future possibility

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The architects envisioned a park where the old parking lot once stood.

She envisioned herself running her own bakery one day.

A note on using this word

Past tense of 'envision'; typically used for forward-looking, hopeful, or ambitious ideas rather than neutral observations.

Words with a similar meaning

imaginedforesawpictured

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