{
    "term": "vision",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the ability to see; the area that you can see from a particular position",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **have** good/perfect/poor/blurred/normal **vision**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Cats have good **night vision**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her vision was still blurry."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The disease causes a gradual loss of **peripheral vision**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He glimpsed something on the edge of his vision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her vision cleared and she realized Niall was standing beside her."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can read without glasses, but my distance vision is poor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was aware of shapes moving across her field of vision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The eye test shows she has perfect vision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The high driving position gives excellent all-round vision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rain prevented her having clear vision of the road ahead."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tears blurred her vision."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["20/20", "excellent", "perfect"],
                "verb + vision": ["have", "give (somebody)", "block"],
                "vision + verb": ["blur", "fade", "swim"],
                "preposition": ["across your vision"],
                "phrases": ["your field of vision", "your line of vision"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an idea or a picture in your imagination",
            "sensetop": "vision of somebody/somethingvision of doing somethingvision of somebody/something doing somethingvision for somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our job is to guide a client and develop a strategic vision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **had a vision** of a world in which there would be no wars.",
                    "contextForm": "vision of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The word conjures up visions of home and family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film's **vision of the future** is bleak."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He harboured visions of becoming party leader some day.",
                    "contextForm": "vision of doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **had visions** of us getting hopelessly lost.",
                    "contextForm": "vision of somebody/something doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These two men **share** a similar **vision** for the country.",
                    "contextForm": "vision for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had a very specific **vision for the future**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They share a common vision for the development of health services."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The word ‘island’ conjures up a vision of a relaxing summer holiday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a vision for the future"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an alternative vision of society"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an apocalyptic vision of the end of civilization"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The name ‘Las Vegas’ conjures up a vision of casinos."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The engineers had a clear vision of what they wanted to achieve."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company needs to develop a global vision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He outlined his vision for the new economic order."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The new leader set about imposing his vision on the party."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["disturbing", "horrible", "nightmarish"],
                "verb + vision": ["experience", "have", "receive"],
                "vision + verb": ["disappear", "fade"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the vision", "vision of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a dream or similar experience, especially of a religious kind",
            "sensetop": "in a visionvision of somebody/something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The idea came to her in a vision.",
                    "contextForm": "in a vision"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He **had visions** regularly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She claimed she saw a vision of the Virgin Mary.",
                    "contextForm": "vision of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A young girl in the town experienced a prophetic vision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As he approached, the vision faded and there was no one there."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["disturbing", "horrible", "nightmarish"],
                "verb + vision": ["experience", "have", "receive"],
                "vision + verb": ["disappear", "fade"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the vision", "vision of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the ability to think about or plan the future with great imagination and intelligence",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She had vision and determination."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a leader of vision"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a competent politician, but he lacks vision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a statesman of great vision"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His plans for the country's future show a remarkable breadth of vision."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "foresight",
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["grand", "great", "artistic"],
                "verb + vision": ["have", "possess", "lack"],
                "preposition": ["of vision", "vision for", "vision of"],
                "phrases": ["breadth of vision"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a person of great beauty or who shows the quality mentioned",
            "sensetop": "a vision (of something)",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was a vision in white lace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a vision of loveliness"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "the picture on a television or cinema screen",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We apologize for the loss of vision."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvɪʒn/",
                "audio": "vi/vision/vision__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈvɪʒn/",
                "audio": "vi/vision/vision__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (denoting a supernatural apparition): via Old French from Latin visio(n-), from videre ‘to see’."
}