"envisage" meaning in English

See envisage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɛnˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ/, /ɪnˈvɪzɪd͡ʒ/ Audio: En-us-envisage.ogg [US] Forms: envisages [present, singular, third-person], envisaging [participle, present], envisaged [participle, past], envisaged [past]
Etymology: From French envisager, from en (“in”) + visage (“visage”); see English visage. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{der|en|fr|envisager}} French envisager, {{m|fr|en||in}} en (“in”), {{m|fr|visage||visage}} visage (“visage”), {{m|en|visage}} visage Head templates: {{en-verb}} envisage (third-person singular simple present envisages, present participle envisaging, simple past and past participle envisaged)
  1. To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision. Related terms: envision, evidence, reenvisage, reenvisagement, visage, vision, visionary, visual, visualization, visualize Translations (to conceive or see something within in one's mind): представям си (predstavjam si) (Bulgarian), kuvitella (Finnish), visioida (Finnish), nähdä mielessään (Finnish), kaavailla (Finnish), envisager (French), prévoir (French), vorstellen (German), οραματίζομαι (oramatízomai) (Greek), φαντάζομαι (fantázomai) (Greek), przedstawiać (Polish), imaginar (Portuguese), conjeturar (Portuguese), представля́ть (predstavljátʹ) (Russian), вообража́ть (voobražátʹ) (Russian), обду́мывать (obdúmyvatʹ) (Russian), размышля́ть (razmyšljátʹ) (Russian), рассма́тривать (rassmátrivatʹ) (Russian), замислити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), предочити [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), zamisliti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), predočiti [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), imaginar (Spanish), visualizar (Spanish), föreställa sig [reflexive] (Swedish), öngörmek (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "öngörmek"
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