envision + as

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Do I say "I envision country A as a developed economy" or should I say "I envision country A a developed economy"?
 
Why do you want to use the word "envision"? Do you know what it means?
 
I was just going to use it to mean that I picture in my mind country A will become a developed economy in the future.
 
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I guess I would be talking about the verb 'to envision' not 'to envisage'. Does it take 'as'?
 
Your first example was correct. "I envision XXX as YYY".

I always envisioned my future husband as having the face of Brad Pitt, the body of Usain Bolt and the mind of Albert Einstein.
 
So I can't leave out "as" as in "I always envisoned my future husband having the face of.....", right?
 
No. You can't omit "as".

I envisioned my future husband as having the face of ...
I envisioned my future husband as a combination of Brad Pitt, ...
 
After I wrote my example sentences, I realised that I actually use "envisage" much more frequently than "envision".
 
lotus888 said:
Although that is true, envision is used much more widely than envisage. That's just the way it is. Language is funny that way. Words come into favor and disfavor. Good catch, though.


--lotus
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I disagree, I find the reverse to be true.
 
I don't think I have ever used "envisage".
 
Perhaps another AmE vs BrE difference then.
 
Probably.
 
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