envisage a scenario

Meaning

To imagine, contemplate, or visualize a possible future state of affairs or sequence of events. It is commonly used in strategic planning and risk assessment to discuss potential outcomes or situations.

Examples

• We need to envisage a scenario where our primary supplier goes out of business.

  We need to envisage a scenario where our primary supplier goes out of business.

• It is difficult to envisage a scenario in which this project succeeds without additional funding.

  It is difficult to envisage a scenario in which this project succeeds without additional funding.

• Economists envisage a scenario where inflation continues to rise over the next two quarters.

  Economists envisage a scenario where inflation continues to rise over the next two quarters.

• During the workshop, we will envisage a scenario of rapid market expansion.

  During the workshop, we will envisage a scenario of rapid market expansion.

• I cannot envisage a scenario where we would agree to those terms.

  I cannot envisage a scenario where we would agree to those terms.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I envisage a scenario to buy a new house next year.

  ✓ I envisage a scenario in which I buy a new house next year.

  'Envisage' cannot be followed directly by a 'to'-infinitive when describing a scenario. Use a clause starting with 'in which' or 'where' instead.

• ✗ We must envisage a scenario of the past mistakes.

  ✓ We must analyze the past mistakes.

  'Envisage' refers to visualizing or imagining future possibilities, not looking back at past events.

Related Expressions

Practice

• In our risk assessment, we must ___ where the system suffers a total power failure.

  💡 imagine a future situation

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  envisage a scenario

• It is hard to ___ where both parties are completely satisfied with the compromise.

  💡 visualize a future outcome

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  envisage a scenario