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envisage
Envisage (verb) means to picture or form an idea of something in one's mind; to imagine.
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To picture or form an idea of something in one's mind; to imagine.
"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 as envisaged as standard."
— G. Freeman Allen, The BRB shows traders the Liner train prototypes (1964)
"Obviously, Schmitt envisaged Nazi Germany as the Reich at the heart of the European great space, which he sought to shield from Anglo-American interference."
— Brendan Simms, Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump? (2026)
"Cambridge-St Ives was another 1970 victim. Who would have envisaged that £200m would ever be spent on this rural branch to convert it into a guided busway?"
— Howard Johnston, East-ended? When the ECML was at risk (2020)
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Etymology
Taken from French envisager, from en ("in") and visage ("visage"); equivalent to en- + visage.
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imagine
ideate
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What is the meaning of envisage?
"envisage" (verb) means to picture or form an idea of something in one's mind; to imagine.
What is another word for envisage?
Other words for "envisage" include imagine, ideate.
