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From Latin vidēre (to see), past participle vīsum. Variant vid-. One of the primary roots for sight: vision, visit (to go see), visible, television (far-seeing), evident (seen clearly — from ē- + vidēre), advise (to look at/consider), and revise (to look again). The vid- form appears in video (I see) and provide (to see ahead/prepare for).
Associated Words
advice
A recommendation or opinion offered to guide someone's actions
advisable
Recommended as sensible or wise; prudent and desirable
advise
To offer advice or recommendations; to formally inform someone
adviser
A person who gives expert advice
advisor
A person who gives expert advice
advisory
Giving or containing advice; an official public warning
audio-visual
Involving both sound and visual elements
clairvoyance
The supposed power to perceive things beyond normal senses; keen insight
clairvoyant
A person with supposed supernatural perception; having the ability to foresee the future
envisage
To picture or imagine something in one's mind
envision
To imagine or picture something in one's mind
evidence
facts that indicate whether something is true
evidence-based
Based on actual evidence
evident
Clearly seen or understood; obvious
evidential
Relating to or serving as evidence
evidently
Clearly and obviously
home-video
A video recording made at home of personal or family events
ill-advised
Not carefully thought out; unwise
improvident
Failing to plan or save for the future; reckless
improvisation
Spontaneous creation or performance without prior preparation
improvisational
Relating to or involving improvisation
improvisatory
Of or relating to improvisation
improvise
To create or perform without preparation; to make do with what is available
improvised
Made or done without preparation; unrehearsed
improviser
A person who improvises
inadvisable
Not wise or recommended
individual
a single person; relating to one person
interview
a formal questioning session; to ask questions of someone
interviewee
The person being interviewed
interviewer
The person who conducts an interview
interviews
Plural/verb form of interview: formal question-and-answer meetings
invidious
Causing resentment or offense; unfairly discriminating
invidiously
In a way that causes resentment or envy
invisible
Unable to be seen; not visible
invisibly
In a way that cannot be seen
low-vision
Significantly reduced eyesight that cannot be fully corrected
night-vision
The ability or technology to see in darkness
nonvisual
Not involving sight or vision
ocean-view
Having a view of the ocean
overview
A brief general summary of a subject
point-of-view
A particular perspective or standpoint
preview
An advance showing of something; a trailer for a film or show
previse
To foresee or forewarn
prevision
Foresight or advance knowledge of future events
provide
to supply or make available
provided
On the condition that; only if
providence
Foresight and careful planning; divine care and guidance
provident
Carefully planning and saving for the future
providential
Fortunate, as if arranged by divine providence
provision
The act of supplying something; a stock of food or goods; a clause in a law or agreement
provisional
Temporary and subject to change; not yet final
provisory
Containing a condition or proviso; temporary
resurvey
A second survey; to survey again
review
an evaluation; a critical article; to examine again
reviewer
A person who critically evaluates books, films, or other works
reviewing
Examining or assessing something again
revise
To review and improve written material; to study again for an exam
revised
Updated or corrected from an earlier version
revision
The process of correcting or improving something; reviewing previously learned material
revisionary
Of or relating to revision
revisit
To visit again; to reconsider a topic
self-evident
Obviously true, requiring no proof or explanation
self-evidently
In an obviously true manner, needing no proof
side-view
A view of something seen from the side
supervise
To watch over and direct people or work
supervised
Done under the watch of a supervisor
supervising
The act of overseeing others' work
supervision
The act of overseeing and directing others' work
supervisor
A person who oversees and directs others' work
supervisory
Relating to supervision or oversight
surveillance
Close observation or monitoring of a person or area
survey
An investigation collecting information; to examine carefully; land measurement
surveying
The science of measuring land and distances for mapping
surveyor
A person who measures land or inspects and assesses something
televise
To broadcast by television
television
a device for viewing broadcast images and sound; TV
televisual
Relating to or suitable for television
undivided
Whole; not divided or shared
unsupervised
Not watched over or monitored
video
A recorded moving image or film clip; to record with a video camera
video-game
An electronic game played on a screen
videocamera
A camera for recording moving images as video
videocassette
A cassette containing videotape for recording or playback
videocast
A video broadcast distributed online; to broadcast video online
videodisc
An optical disc containing recorded video content
videophone
A telephone that transmits both audio and video
videos
Recordings of visual and audio content; television programmes
videotape
Magnetic tape for recording video and sound; to record on such tape
view
what one can see; an opinion; to look at or consider
viewer
A person who watches something, especially television
viewing
The act of watching something; a pre-burial gathering
viewpoint
A particular way of thinking about something; a position from which something is observed
visa
An official permit to enter a country; to endorse a passport with such a permit
visage
A person's face or outward appearance
visas
Plural of visa
visibility
The degree to which things can be seen; public awareness
visible
Able to be seen; noticeable or apparent
visible-light
Light that is detectable by the human eye
visibly
In a clearly noticeable way
vision
The ability to see; something imagined or dreamed; a plan for the future
visionary
A person with creative foresight; having original vision or imagination
visit
to go to see a person or place; an act of visiting
visitable
Worth visiting or accessible to visitors
visitation
An official visit or inspection; a disaster; a supernatural encounter
visitor
A person who visits someone or a place; a guest or tourist
visitors
People who visit a place or person
vista
A wide scenic view; a mental vision of possibilities
visual
Relating to sight or vision; an image or graphic element
visualization
Forming a mental image; a visual representation of data
visualize
To form a clear mental image of something
visualized
Represented or imagined in visual form
visually
By means of sight; in terms of appearance
well-advised
Acting with good judgment and prudence; 明智的,审慎的
worldview
An overall perspective and set of beliefs about the world