ENVISAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does envisage mean? 

• ENVISAGE (verb)
  The verb ENVISAGE has 1 sense:

1. form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

  Familiarity information: ENVISAGE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENVISAGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they envisage    ... he / she / it envisages   
Past simple: envisaged   
Past participle: envisaged   
-ing form: envisaging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine

Context example:

Can you conceive of him as the president?

Hypernyms (to "envisage" is one way to...):

create by mental act; create mentally (create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "envisage"):

envision; fancy; figure; image; picture; project; see; visualise; visualize (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind)

visualise; visualize (form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract)

envision; foresee (picture to oneself; imagine possible)

fantasise; fantasize (portray in the mind)

prefigure (imagine or consider beforehand)

think (imagine or visualize)

fantasise; fantasize; fantasy (indulge in fantasies)

daydream; dream; stargaze; woolgather (have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

Did he envisage his major works over a short period of time?

 Context examples 

It is envisaged that the microbial fuel cell (MFC) technology could one day be used in the developing countries in areas lacking sanitation and installed in homes in the developed countries to help clean waste before it flows into the municipal sewerage network, reducing the burden on water companies to treat effluent.

(Electricity from Sewage: Process Also Kills Germs, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)