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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | form a concept |
| Synonyms: | develop a thought, gestate, visualize mentally |
| Main Entry: | envisage/envision |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | picture in one's mind |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, behold, conceive, conceptualize, contemplate, externalize, fancy, feature, foresee, form mental picture of, grasp, have a picture of, image, imagine, look upon, materialize, objectify, predict, realize, regard, see, survey, think up, view, view in mind's eye, vision, visualize |
| Main Entry: | imagine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dream up, conceive |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm, build castles in air, conceptualize, conjure up, cook up, create, depict, devise, envisage, envision, fabricate, fancy, fantasize, fantasy, feature, figure, form, frame, harbor, image, invent, make up, nurture, perceive, picture, plan, project, realize, scheme, see in one's mind, spark, think of, think up, vision, visualize |
| Main Entry: | envision |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conceive |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, behold, conceive, conceptualize, contemplate, envisage, envision, externalize, fancy, feature, foresee, grasp, image, imagine, look upon, materialize, objectify, predict, realize, regard, see, survey, think up, view, vision, visualize |
| Notes: | envisage refers to an image that is delineated, whereas envision can refer to an appearance that is indefinite or immaterial; envisage is 'contemplate or view in a certain way' and envision means 'picture to oneself; visualize' |
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