envision

envision (someone or something) as (someone or something else)

To picture or fantasize about someone or something as being different than it currently is. I'm sorry, but Brian is so shy that I just can't envision him as a news anchor. Try to envision the office as a nursery.
See also: envision, something
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

envision someone as someone else

 and envision something as something else
to imagine or fantasize someone as someone else; to imagine or fantasize something as something else. I envision her as the next company president. We envisioned this as larger than it turned out to be.
See also: else, envision
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • envision (someone or something) as (someone or something else)
  • envision as else
  • imagine (someone or something) as (someone or something)
  • imagine as
  • develop
  • develop from
  • develop from (someone or something)
  • developed
  • dream of (someone or something)
  • dream of doing
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Envision develops ways to leverage Rite Aid health services
Kuhn: At Envision, we see accelerating demand for more value-added features.
Kuhn offers vision of industry trends
The company is installing Envision interactive HDTV systems in W Hotel properties in the US, which will offer guests information about the hotel and its locality, daily activities and events at the hotel, and a Web-based LodgeNet PowerPortal for the hotel management to update the content offered by the hotel property.
-LodgeNet Interactive Installs Envision Platform in W Hotels
Envision Water Award winners - King Edward VI Camp Hill Girls This year Envision has been running a water usage and awareness programme in partnership with Seven Trent Water.
Rewarding time at event
Envision Solar International, Inc., a solar master planner, architect and inventor of solar systems, announced a partnership with GRID Solar, a turn-key solar developer providing consultancy, project management and financing for companies looking to incorporate solar technology into the design of a new or existing project.
Energy partners offer financing for solar developments
Envision started the process of becoming a phone company in December 2007 and got approval from the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC), which regulates companies that provide telecommunications services within Washington, in January.
Envision flips switch on phone service: competition heats up as local, national companies test market
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ENVISION 24-INCH LCD MONITOR HAS HIGH PERFORMANCE/SLIM DESIGN
The new capabilities of the RSA enVision platform are built to help provide an information management platform for compliance and security data that can comprehensively and cost- effectively map and transform it into actionable intelligence.
RSA ADVANCES ITS ENVISION COMPLIANCE/SECURITY PLATFORM
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Land: a green investment
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