seen in the mind as a mental image
envisioned
Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for envisioned.
Editorial note
It's a bit amusing to me that a concept originally envisioned to help provide housing for the destitute is now being pitched as tech worker housing in the bay area...
Quick take
seen in the mind as a mental image
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for envisioned.
adjective
seen in the mind as a mental image
See also: unreal, visualized, pictured
Example sentences
It's a bit amusing to me that a concept originally envisioned to help provide housing for the destitute is now being pitched as tech worker housing in the bay area...
My point is that applications that were never envisioned for these (at the time) centuries-old-facts, are now commonplace and indispensable.
It doesn't seem while he was involved pricing was working out exactly as he had envisioned.
They envisioned those big sweeping shots of San Fransokyo that made the technical folks shudder.
They needn't envision those laws, just as they needn't have envisioned automobiles or the internet.
Already when Borges envisioned it, the library was more capacious than the universe.
Is it envisioned that the Fellows will/will not be ready for funding at the end of the fellowship...or completely unknown at this point?
Unfortunately, these are the only choices that are typically envisioned by people advocating balanced budgets, so they are automatically associated to the concept.
The [ dictatorship => democracy ] imagery is helpful and was part of how we envisioned nilenso as it formed.
If the device fails he will claim it was a result of price point and not falling in line with what he originally envisioned.
One time he told me of a way he and his colleagues envisioned producing semiconductors that would have radically shrunk the cost of solar panels.
When you add something new, most likely someone somewhere will do something very cool with it in ways we could not have envisioned.
Quote examples
A $500 tablet is NOT what he envisioned." He started at $300, then it was $400.
Microsoft originally envisioned "ActiveDirectory" (in 1994, before it got that name) to replace DNS.
It's true that they lost the "touch" and that they lost in understanding their customer, but they're not as bad as you envisioned.
This seems to suggest email was always envisioned as something to be "received" rather that voluntarily "retrieved".
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use envisioned in a sentence?
It's a bit amusing to me that a concept originally envisioned to help provide housing for the destitute is now being pitched as tech worker housing in the bay area...
What does envisioned mean?
seen in the mind as a mental image
What part of speech is envisioned?
envisioned is commonly used as adjective.