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noun ability to see ADJ. 20/20, excellent, perfect The eye test shows she has perfect vision. | normal | clear The rain prevented her having clear vision of the road ahead. | blurred, defective, distorted, impaired, poor | double, tunnel (often figurative) | all-round The high driving position gives excellent all-round vision. | binocular, stereoscopic | X-ray | distance I can read without glasses, but my distance vision is poor. | night | peripheral Use your peripheral vision widely when moving from place to place. VERB + VISION have | give (sb) | obscure, restrict | blur The tears blurred her vision. | improve VISION + VERB clear Her vision cleared and she realized Niall was standing beside her. PREP. across your ~ A bird shot across her vision. PHRASES your field of vision She was aware of shapes moving across her field of vision. | your line of vision Someone was standing in my line of vision so I couldn't see the screen. picture in your imagination ADJ. disturbing, dreadful, ghastly, horrible | bleak | inner, intuitive, mental, spiritual | mystic/mystical, prophetic, religious A young girl in the village experienced a prophetic vision. | poetic | apocalyptic an apocalyptic vision of the end of civilization | momentary, sudden VERB + VISION experience, have, receive I had visions of us getting hopelessly lost. | conjure up The word ‘island’ conjures up a vision of a relaxing summer holiday. VISION + VERB fade As he approached, the vision faded and there was no one there. PREP. in a/the ~ The idea came to her in a vision. | ~ of ability to see/plan for the future ADJ. great | imaginative | alternative | broad, comprehensive, global, wide The company needs to develop a global vision. | narrow | overall | personal | clear The engineers had a clear vision of what they wanted to achieve. | common They share a common vision for the development of health services. | strategic | political | revolutionary | romantic, Utopian VERB + VISION have | develop | convey, expand on/upon, outline, promote He outlined his vision for the new economic order. | impose The new leader set about imposing his vision on the party. | share | cloud He was determined not to let emotions cloud his vision. PREP. of ~ a statesman of great vision | ~ for a vision for the future | ~ of an alternative vision of society PHRASES breadth of vision His plans for the country's future show a remarkable breadth of vision.
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vision
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + vision
good
• I have good vision in my right eye.
normal
• Short-sighted children may be unaware of what people with normal vision can see.
perfect
• Babies aren’t born with perfect vision.
20–20 vision
(= perfect vision )
• The soldier had 20-20 vision.
poor/defective
• Her vision was quite poor and she always wore glasses.
blurred
(= not clear )
• He complained of headaches and blurred vision.
night vision
(= the ability to see when it is dark )
• Cats have good night vision but can’t see colour very well.
peripheral vision
(= your ability to see things to the side of you when you are looking ahead )
• She could read easily, but her peripheral vision was poor.
double vision
(= when you see two of everything around you )
• One of the symptoms of the illness is double vision.
tunnel vision
(= when you can only see what you are directly looking at )
• A pupil with tunnel vision may have difficulty finding the words written on the blackboard.
verbs
blur sb’s vision
(= make someone not see clearly )
• Tears of fury blurred her vision, and she blinked them away.
clear your vision
• She blinked to clear her vision.
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