visionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin vīsiō (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb videō (“I see”) + action noun suffix -iō.

発音

• enPR: vĭzh'ən, IPA: /ˈvɪʒ.ən/, [ˈvɪʒ.n̩]
• 韻: -ɪʒən

名詞

vision (countable and uncountable, plural visions)

1. (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
2. (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
   • c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     […] For to a Viſion ſo apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute […]

   • 1892, James Yoxall, chapter 7, in The Lonely Pyramid:

     It was the Lost Oasis, the Oasis of the vision in the sand. […] Deep-hidden in the hollow, beneath the cliffs, it lay; and round it the happy verdure spread for many a rood. […] Yes, the quest was ended, the Lost Oasis was the Found!

3. (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.

   He tried drinking from the pool of water, but realized it was only a vision.

   • 2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 107:

     Visitations are a commonly reported afterlife phenomenon. For example, a dying patient has a vision of her mother, who has been dead for twenty years.

4. (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
   • 1690, John Locke, “Of our Knowledge of the Existence of other Things”, in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, volume II, London: A. Bettesworth et al., published 1735, book III, page 250:

     For having the Idea of any thing in our Mind, no more proves the Exiſtence of that Thing, than the Picture of a Man evidences his being in the World, or the Viſions of a Dream make thereby a true Hiſtory.

5. (countable, by extension) A perceived potential future event or occurrence.
   • 2020 April 3, Chappell Roan, Dan Nigro, “Pink Pony Club”‎performed by Chappell Roan:

     I know you wanted me to stay
     But I can't ignore the crazy visions of me in LA

6. (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.

   He worked tirelessly toward his vision of world peace.

7. (uncountable) General aspiration; forward-thinkingness.
   • 1985, Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, Chris Hughes, “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”, in Songs from the Big Chair‎, performed by Tears for Fears:

     I can't stand this indecision
     Married with a lack of vision
     Everybody wants to rule the—

8. (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.

   He had a vision of the Virgin Mary.

9. (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
10. (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.

同意語

• (ability): sight, eyesight, view, perception, seeing,
• (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage
• (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy

派生語

動詞

vision (third-person singular simple present visions, present participle visioning, simple past and past participle visioned)

1. (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
2. (transitive) To present as in a vision.
3. (transitive) To provide with a vision. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

同意語

• (imagine): envision

派生語

• envision
• prevision

派生した語

• → Urdu: ویژن

アナグラム

• Voisin, inviso