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Envisage: Definition, Usage & Common Mistakes (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：envision (envisage)

envisage 🔊

/ɪnˈvɪz.ɪdʒ/

vt.

to imagine something happening in the future, like you can clearly see a picture of it in your mind.

envision 🔊

➕

/ɪnˈvɪʒən/

vt.

To imagine or form a mental picture of something that might happen in the future.

📁 Category：Technological Inventions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From French 'envisager', from 'en-' (on) + 'visage' (face), meaning to look in the face.

💡 Mnemonic

Think 'en-vision-age': to envision something as it ages into reality.

📖 Example

When designing the new app, the developers envisage a world where people can control their homes with just a voice command. 🔊 While creating a new app, the developers imagine a future where voice commands control homes.

🔗 Collocations

envisage a future – to imagine what will happen in the future

envisage possibilities – to consider potential outcomes

envisage a scenario – to picture a specific situation

🔄 Synonyms

envision (vt.) – to picture in the mind

foresee (vt.) – to see or know beforehand

anticipate (vt.) – to expect or look forward to

🚫 Antonyms

ignore (vt.) – to refuse to acknowledge

overlook (vt.) – to fail to notice or consider

📖 Cultural Story

Envisage entered English from French in the 19th century, originally meaning to look in the face. Today, it is commonly used in business and strategic planning to describe envisioning future scenarios.

Meaning 2：confront (envisage)

envisage 🔊

/ɪnˈvɪz.ɪdʒ/

vt.

to face something, usually difficult, and accept it is real, without running away from it.

confront 🔊

➕

/kənˈfrʌnt/

vt.

To face or deal with something difficult or unpleasant directly and without avoidance.

📁 Category：Behaviors & Actions 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

Despite the bad news, she had the courage to envisage the challenges ahead and started preparing immediately. 🔊 After receiving bad news, she bravely faced the upcoming challenges and began preparations.

🔗 Collocations

envisage difficulties – to acknowledge and prepare for hard situations

envisage reality – to accept the truth of a situation

envisage the worst – to consider the most negative outcome

🔄 Synonyms

confront (vt.) – to face something challenging directly

face (vt.) – to deal with or accept something

acknowledge (vt.) – to recognize the existence of something

🚫 Antonyms

avoid (vt.) – to keep away from or not deal with

deny (vt.) – to refuse to accept or admit