vision

«vision» in Mova's school dictionary: your ability to see; your eyesight — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (vision, uncountable; a vision, visions)

meaning for a pupil

1) Vision is your ability to see; your eyesight. tree →

2) A vision is a picture in your mind of what something could be like in the future; a plan or dream. tree →

3) A vision can be something you see in a dream or imagine, as if it were real. tree →

4) Vision can mean the area you can see, as in «out of my vision». tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, vision is one of the five senses; light enters the eye and the brain makes a picture. Eye tests check your vision; glasses help blurred vision. Safety: blind spots and peripheral vision (seeing at the sides) matter when crossing roads and around big vehicles, whose drivers have limited vision. In stories a vision can be a dream of the future. Phrases: «good vision», «blurred vision», «night vision», «field of vision», «a vision for».

examples

• Eagles have amazing vision. tree →
• The optician tested my vision. tree →
• Glasses help people with poor vision. tree →
• Cats have good night vision. tree →
• The head teacher has a vision for a new playground. tree →
• In the story the girl had a vision of the future. tree →
• Look out of the side of your vision when crossing. tree →
• After the fall he had blurred vision, so he saw a doctor. tree →
• The Fox immediately had rosy visions of a very delicious breakfast. tree →

note

Adjective: «visual» (to do with seeing). «Vision» for eyesight is uncountable; «a vision» for a dream or plan is countable. Myth: eating carrots does not give you night vision, though vitamin A helps eyes stay healthy.

In the corpora

• Toad: «Me complain of that beautiful, that heavenly vision ... that swan, that sunbeam, that thunderbolt! ...
• Side vision (peripheral vision) is good at spotting movement but poor at seeing detail.
• Signs of concussion include headache, dizziness, feeling sick, blurred vision, confusion, forgetting things, wobbling and acting differently.
• Carrots contain vitamin A, which healthy eyes need, but eating extra carrots does not give you night vision.
• And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no frequent vision.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «vision» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.