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visionary

/ˈvɪʒəˌneɹi/VIH-zhuh-neh-ree
/ˈvɪʒəˌnɛɹi/VIH-zhuh-neh-ree

Meaningrelating to vision

Common meaning: having bold ideas about the future

Other meanings: such a person

Journey through time

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wid-‘see, observe’source
  2. Latinvisionemsource
  3. Frenchvision‘a vision, sight’source
  4. Middle Englishvisiounsource
  5. Englishvision‘the power of sight’
  6. Englishformed in English from visionvisionary‘having bold ideas about the future’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from vision + -ary.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), VISION, p.688 · scan

Source words

  • visionem Latin · source word “sight”

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