envisioning
想像する
解説 Definition
envisioning は envision（想像する、心に描く）の現在分詞・動名詞です。将来の計画やあり得る状況を具体的に思い描くときに使われます。
Forming a clear mental picture of a future situation, possible outcome, plan, or design. As the present participle or gerund of envision, it can describe an action in progress or the process of imagining something concretely.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 envision「心に描く」に -ing をそのまま付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、綴りは envisioning です。vision「視覚・像」を中に持つため、未来の生活や設計案を頭のスクリーンに具体的に映す感覚です。envision a future、envision several outcomes の形で、単なる空想より計画的な想像と結び付けます。
Begin with envision, which contains vision, the idea of seeing. Envisioning means mentally “seeing” a situation that does not yet exist, especially a future life, design, plan, or possible outcome. The form is regular: simply add -ing to envision, with no dropped letter or doubled consonant. Picture designers viewing a completed station on an imaginary screen before construction starts. Helpful patterns include envisioning a quieter life, envisioning a better system, and envisioning several outcomes. Compared with casual daydreaming, envisioning often suggests a clearer, more purposeful mental picture connected with planning or preparation.
例文
She is envisioning a quieter life in the countryside.
彼女は田舎でのより静かな生活を思い描いています。
The designers are envisioning a station that is easier for everyone to use.
設計者たちは、誰にとっても使いやすい駅を構想しています。
By envisioning several outcomes, the team prepared for different risks.
いくつかの結果を想定することで、チームはさまざまなリスクに備えました。
envisioning の類義語・関連語
envisioning の語源・成り立ち Etymology
envisioningはenvision「心に思い描く」の-ing形。en-はフランス語・ラテン語系で「中へ」、visionはラテン語videre「見る」から来ている。つまり「頭の中に像を入れて見る」が原義で、「想像する」と自然につながる。関連語はvisible, revise。
Envisioning is the -ing form of envision. Envision was formed in English from en-, a prefix used to express putting into a state or causing an action, and vision. Vision comes through French from Latin visio, “a seeing,” ultimately from videre, “to see.” The formation thus presents imagining as seeing something mentally. Adding -ing creates the present participle or gerund without changing the spelling of the base word.
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