envisaged

VERB

picture in one's mind

Synonyms

WEAK

anticipate behold conceive conceptualize contemplate externalize fancy feature foresee form mental picture of grasp have a picture of image imagine look upon materialize objectify predict realize regard see survey think up view view in mind's eye vision visualize

VERB

imagine

Synonyms

STRONG

confront consider image picture regard visualize

Antonyms

STRONG

disregard ignore

Example Sentences

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The biggest missing piece is the church’s main entrance, known as the Glory Facade, which Gaudí envisaged at the top of a monumental staircase.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

But this is not how Isak envisaged his first year at Anfield panning out following his protracted £125m move from Newcastle United last September.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

That scenario is likely to stimulate new oil and gas projects, as envisaged by TotalEnergies, involving small-scale fields capable of rapid production.

From Barron's • May 10, 2026

The latest retreat in Mali could spell the end of the adventurism in Africa that Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin envisaged as Russia’s route to riches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

And Vespucci had sailed 50 degrees south of the equator: this was not just the equatorial antipodes that some exponents of the two-spheres theory had envisaged.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton