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envisage

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See also:envisagé

English

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Etymology

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FromFrenchenvisager, fromen(“in”) +visage(“visage”); see Englishvisage.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛnˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ/,/ɪnˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ/
  • Audio(US):(file)

Verb

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envisage (third-person singular simple presentenvisages,present participleenvisaging,simple past and past participleenvisaged)

  1. Toconceive or see something within one's mind; toimagine orenvision.
    • 1860,James McCosh,The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated:
      From the very dawn of existence the infant mustenvisage self, and body acting on self.
    • 1964 April, G. Freeman Allen, “The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes”, inModern Railways, page262:
      The prototype Liner train vehicles on show at Marylebone were not of the ultimate pattern either, for their wagon platform length is 42½ft, whereas 62½ft asenvisaged as standard.
    • 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, inRail, page69:
      Cambridge-St Ives was another 1970 victim. Who would haveenvisaged that £200m would ever be spent on this rural branch to convert it into a guidedbusway?

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Translations

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to conceive or see something within in one's mind

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French

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Verb

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envisage

  1. inflection ofenvisager:
    1. first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
    2. second-personsingularimperative

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