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vision

English translation: long-term plan

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English term or phrase:vision
Selected answer:long-term plan
Entered by: Rajan Chopra

13:17 Mar 18, 2004
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: vision
Vision has numerous shades of meaning. I am just unable to understand what exactly does it mean in the following context:

This document sets out the vision and direction for housng in XXX (Name of State) over the next three year.

Thanks in anticipation
Rajan Chopra
India
Local time: 00:45
long-term plan
Explanation:
overview

This is how they ideally envisage the housing situation to be in 3 years time

Preferred / planned idea / vision
Selected response from:

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:15
Grading comment
Thanks for your kind help!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +15long-term plan
jerrie
4futuristic conception
RHELLER
4policy
giogi


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +15
long-term plan


Explanation:
overview

This is how they ideally envisage the housing situation to be in 3 years time

Preferred / planned idea / vision

jerrie
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 17
Grading comment
Thanks for your kind help!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Henrique Serra
1 min
agree  nothing
3 mins
  -> Thanks
agree  Armorel Young: I like the way you put "ideally" in there - a vision is about how you would like things to be, not necessarily about what you are certain you can achieve
22 mins
agree  Peter Skipp
31 mins
agree  RHELLER: Armorel makes a good point
39 mins
  -> Thanks, ideal case scenario, in other words ;-)
agree  NancyLynn: perfect!
50 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  jenan
1 hr
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
1 hr
agree  Kornelia Longoria
2 hrs
agree  senin
2 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Tahir
2 hrs
agree  Hacene: dream or idea also
3 hrs
agree  hookmv: agree with Armorel
3 hrs
  -> Thanks
agree  Alexandra Tussing
12 hrs
agree  jebeen
3 days 9 hrs
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
futuristic conception


Explanation:
sets out the high goals

3) vision. Roget s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995.
...foresight, prescience. See FORESIGHT. To form mental images of: conceive, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, picture, see, think, visualize. Informal...

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 13:15
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 101
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
policy


Explanation:
I would say.

giogi
Local time: 20:15
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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