different between figment vs vision
figment
English
Etymology
From Late Latin figmentum (“anything made, a fiction”), from fing? (“make, form, feign”); see fiction, feign.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General American) IPA(key): /?f??.m?nt/
- (US)
- (General Australian)
Noun
figment (plural figments)
- A fabrication, fantasy, invention; something fictitious.
- 1989 (Sep 30), R. McNeill Alexander, "Biomechanics in the days before Newton", New Scientist volume 123, No. 1684, page 59
- He had not seen sarcomeres: these segments were a figment of his imagination.
- 1989 (Sep 30), R. McNeill Alexander, "Biomechanics in the days before Newton", New Scientist volume 123, No. 1684, page 59
Usage notes
- Often used in the form "a figment of one's imagination".
Related terms
- feign
- fiction
- fictional
- fictitious
Translations
References
- figment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- figment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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vision
English
Etymology
From Middle English visioun, from Anglo-Norman visioun, from Old French vision, from Latin v?si? (“vision, seeing”), noun of action from the perfect passive participle visus (“that which is seen”), from the verb vide? (“I see”) + action noun suffix -i?.
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?zh'?n, IPA(key): /?v?.?(?)n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
vision (countable and uncountable, plural visions)
- (uncountable) The sense or ability of sight.
- (countable) Something seen; an object perceived visually.
- , [Act I, scene ii]:
- […] For to a Vi?ion ?o apparant, Rumor / Cannot be mute […]
- , [Act I, scene ii]:
- (countable) Something imaginary one thinks one sees.
- (countable, by extension) Something unreal or imaginary; a creation of fancy.
- (countable) An ideal or a goal toward which one aspires.
- (countable) A religious or mystical experience of a supernatural appearance.
- (countable) A person or thing of extraordinary beauty.
- (uncountable) Pre-recorded film or tape; footage.
Synonyms
- (ability): sight, eyesight, view, perception
- (something imaginary): apparition, hallucination, mirage
- (ideal or goal): dream, desire, aspiration, fantasy
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
vision (third-person singular simple present visions, present participle visioning, simple past and past participle visioned)
- (transitive) To imagine something as if it were to be true.
- (transitive) To present as in a vision.
- (transitive) To provide with a vision. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- (imagine): envision
Derived terms
- envision
- prevision
Anagrams
- Voisin, inviso
Finnish
Noun
vision
- Genitive singular form of visio.
Anagrams
- voisin
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin v?si?, from vide? (whence voir).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.zj??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Homophone: visions
Noun
vision f (plural visions)
- vision, sight
Synonyms
- (ability to see): vue
Derived terms
- champ de vision
- télévision
- visible
- vision centrale
- vision périphérique
- visionnaire
- visionner
Further reading
- “vision” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- voisin
Middle English
Noun
vision
- Alternative form of visioun
Old French
Alternative forms
- visioun, visiun (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin v?si?.
Noun
vision f (oblique plural visions, nominative singular vision, nominative plural visions)
- vision (supernatural sensory experience)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (vision, supplement)
- visiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- visiun
Etymology
From Latin v?si?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi?zju?/
Noun
vision f (plural vision)
- vision
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v???u?n/
Noun
vision c
- vision; something imaginary
- vision; a (grand) goal or idea
Declension
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