Envisage means “imagine,” “expect,” or “consider as possible.” It usually takes a direct object without a fixed preposition.
Envisage is normally followed directly by a noun, clause, or -ing form: envisage changes, envisage doing something. In and by are not standard fixed prepositions after envisage, although they may appear separately in a sentence.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use envisage directly with a plan, situation, change, or result.
An -ing form is common after envisage.
Envisage can introduce clauses with how, what, or whether.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Envisage usually takes a direct object first.
✕ They envisaged in major changes. ✓ They envisaged major changes.By does not normally follow envisage directly.
✕ She envisaged by new technology. ✓ She envisaged new technology transforming the industry.Use an -ing form, not to + verb.
✕ I envisage to work abroad. ✓ I envisage working abroad.Envisage usually needs something that is imagined or expected.
✓ We envisage further improvements next year.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Usually no as a fixed verb pattern. In may appear later in the sentence as part of another phrase, such as “a future in Europe.”
Normally no. English usually uses an -ing form after envisage: “envisage working abroad.”
No fixed pattern with by is standard after envisage. By may still appear elsewhere in the sentence with its normal meanings.
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