51³Ō¹Ļ

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visionary

[vizh-uh-ner-ee]

adjective

  1. given to or characterized by fanciful, not presently workable, or unpractical ideas, views, or schemes.

    a visionary enthusiast.

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  2. given to or concerned with seeing visions.

  3. belonging to or seen in a vision.

  4. unreal; imaginary.

    visionary evils.

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  5. purely idealistic or speculative; impractical; unrealizable.

    a visionary scheme.

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  6. of, relating to, or proper to a vision.



noun

plural

visionaries 
  1. a person of unusually keen foresight.

  2. a person who sees visions.

  3. a person who is given to audacious, highly speculative, or impractical ideas or schemes; dreamer.

visionary

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adjective

  1. marked by vision or foresight

    a visionary leader

  2. incapable of being realized or effected; unrealistic

  3. (of people) characterized by idealistic or radical ideas, esp impractical ones

  4. given to having visions

  5. of, of the nature of, or seen in visions

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a visionary person

ā€œCollins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridgedā€ 2012 Digital Edition Ā© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 Ā© HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • visionariness noun
  • nonvisionary adjective
  • unvisionary adjective
  • ˈ±¹¾±²õ¾±“DzԲ¹°ł¾±²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of visionary1

First recorded in 1640–50; vision + -ary
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There is no doubt that there are township schools, led by visionary principals and hard-working teachers, that have done wonders despite the obstacles of poor infrastructure and large class sizes.

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In the three works by Ibarra on the program, she proved a capacious sonic visionary.

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Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, was one of music’s true visionaries, if that’s the right word for a guy who dealt in the endless possibility of sound.

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ā€œHe was a visionary who was integral in the founding and the spirit of Outside Lands. Everyone in the Another Planet family will miss him dearly.ā€

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And to the extent they are visionaries, it is probably more limited in scope than we might think.

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