envisioned

/ɪnˈvɪʒənd/

verb

  1. Imagined or pictured something in your mind, especially a future situation.

    B2

    transitive; regular verb; past tense and past participle of envision

    • "She envisioned a happy life by the sea."B1
    • "The architect envisioned a building that would bring the community together."B2
    • "Few people had envisioned how profoundly the invention would transform modern communication."C1

Common mistakes

  • envisioned to succeed→envisioned succeeding

    Envision is normally followed by a noun or an -ing form, not by to plus the base verb.

Collocations

envisioned futureas envisioned

Word family

envisionenvisioningvisionvisionary