vision |ˈvi zh ən| noun 1 the faculty or state of being able to see. • the ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom.• a mental image of what the future will or could be like : a socialist vision of society. 2 an experience of seeing someone or something in a dream or trance, or as a supernatural apparition : the idea came to him in a vision. • (often visions) a vivid mental image, esp. a fanciful one of the future : he had visions of becoming the Elton John of his time. • a person or sight of unusual beauty.