envisage, especially American envisionphoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticphonetic verb SLIGHTLY FORMAL
to imagine or expect as a likely or desirable possibility in the future
Train fare increases of 5% are envisaged for the next year. [T]
It's envisaged that the building will start at the end of this year. [+ that clause]
We envisage that we will be ready to sign the contract in October. [+ that clause]

(slightly formal) To envisage is also to form a mental picture of something or
someone you have never seen.
He wasn't what I'd expected - I'd envisaged someone much taller and more impressive-looking.

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