/ ?n?v?z.?d? / (US also envision) C1 to imagine or expect something in the future, especially something good: Train fare increases of 15 percent are envisaged for the next year.
1: to view or regard in a certain way envisages the slum as a hotbed of crime 2 : to have a mental picture of especially in advance of realization envisages an entirely new system of education, tr.v. en·vis·aged, en·vis·ag·ing, en·vis·ag·es. 1. To conceive an image or a picture of, especially as a future possibility: envisaged a world at peace. 2. To consider or regard in a certain way. [French envisager : Old French en-, in see en-1 + Old French visage, face see visage .], tr.v. en·vis·aged, en·vis·ag·ing, en·vis·ag·es. 1. To conceive an image or a picture of, especially as a future possibility: envisaged a world at peace. 2. To consider or regard in a certain way. [French envisager : Old French en-, in see en-1 + Old French visage, face see visage .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth …
verb (used with object), en·vis·aged, en·vis·ag·ing. to contemplate visualize: He envisages an era of great scientific discoveries. Archaic. to look in the face of face.
envisaged definition: 1. past simple and past participle of envisage 2. to imagine or expect something in the future…. Learn more.
• The Emperor, however, envisaged a city which was not only light and clean but also full of air. • We do not envisage a general election for at least another two years. • The law itself envisages a number of phases in the settlement of the Burgundians. • The picturesque view, which envisages life as art, took a long time to die.
Envisage definition, to contemplate visualize: He envisages an era of great scientific discoveries. See more.
