envisages

verb

present tense third-person singular of envisage
as in envisions
to form a mental picture of I'm trying to envisage you on a surfboard

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Recent Examples of envisages However, Hieronimus envisages in the second half of 2026 that turbulences in Chinese domestic airports, due to the change of operator that led to stock issues, will be resolved. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026 The plan sets limits on how the river would be operated, and envisages water shortages of up to 3 million acre-feet per year in the three Lower Basin states. — Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026 De Zerbi is still taking root and Spurs might have too many injuries to truly play the way their new Italian manager envisages, but Sunday could be an opportunity for a victory to supercharge Tottenham’s fight against the drop with a win at odds of 15/8. — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 1 May 2026 The project envisages a hydrogen fuel cell to provide electricity, which, in turn, is used to drive electrical motors at the prop. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026 Although best known as a sculptor, Sanadze envisages the project as a collection of mixed-media works, each using the flowers in different ways. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026 The $20 billion project led by state-run YPF SA and Italy’s Eni SpA envisages construction of at least two floating liquefaction vessels with annual capacity for 12 million tons off Argentina’s Atlantic coast. — Jonathan Gilbert, Bloomberg, 14 Jan. 2026 The two-state plan envisages a Palestinian state in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, existing side by side with Israel. — USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for envisages
  1. envisions
  2. imagines
  3. sees
Verb
  • After a period of over-the-limit warming, the new strategy envisions getting back below the limit by ending fossil fuel use and developing some kind of way to suck industries' carbon dioxide out of the air.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The gentle track sees John reflect on parenthood and envisions watching his son grow up.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of envisions
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  • Switzerland imagines Highsmith as a recluse in the Alps, closely guarding a cache of weapons and secrets after a lifetime spent writing mysteries.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The Komlós conjecture imagines each person (or object) as an arrow of length 1 called a unit vector.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of imagines
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  • No country has marshaled those efforts like China, where the government sees Tibet, and its Himalayan borderlands, as critical to its national and energy security.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Wall Street sees new treatments as an untapped goldmine, full of consumers who are willing to pay out-of-pocket for better options, reminiscent of the boom in GLP-1 weight-loss drugs.
    — Avalon Pernell, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of sees

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“Envisages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/envisages. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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