| discern | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart | detect with the senses.; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ resolve | make clearly visible.; "can this image be resolved?" |
| ~ discriminate | distinguish.; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish" |
| envisage | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
| ~ create by mental act, create mentally | create mentally and abstractly rather than with one's hands. |
| ~ envision, fancy, picture, visualize, image, figure, visualise, see, project | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" |
| ~ visualise, visualize | form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract.; "Mathematicians often visualize" |
| ~ envision, foresee | picture to oneself; imagine possible.; "I cannot envision him as President" |
| ~ fantasise, fantasize | portray in the mind.; "he is fantasizing the ideal wife" |
| ~ prefigure | imagine or consider beforehand.; "It wasn't as bad as I had prefigured" |
| ~ think | imagine or visualize.; "Just think--you could be rich one day!"; "Think what a scene it must have been!" |
| ~ fantasise, fantasize, fantasy | indulge in fantasies.; "he is fantasizing when he says he plans to start his own company" |
| ~ daydream, dream, woolgather, stargaze | have a daydream; indulge in a fantasy. |
| envisioned | | |
| adj. | 1. envisioned, pictured, visualised, visualized | seen in the mind as a mental image.; "the glory of his envisioned future"; "the snow-covered Alps pictured in her imagination"; "the visualized scene lacked the ugly details of real life" |
| ~ unreal | lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria.; "ghosts and other unreal entities"; "unreal propaganda serving as news" |
| envisage | | |
| envision | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" |
| ~ realize, see, understand, realise | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" |
| ~ visualise, visualize | form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract.; "Mathematicians often visualize" |
| ~ conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
| v. (creation) | 2. envision, foresee | picture to oneself; imagine possible.; "I cannot envision him as President" |
| ~ conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
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