visez

Visez is the second-person plural present indicative form of the French verb viser. Viser, the base verb, means to aim, to target, or to intend. In literal contexts it describes aiming at a target with a weapon, a camera, or a sight; in figurative contexts it means to set as a goal or to direct attention toward something.

Conjugation in the present tense is: je vise, tu vises, il/elle vise, nous visons, vous visez, ils/elles visent. The imperfect is je visais, the future is je viserai. The passé composé is formed with avoir and visé (j'ai visé). The imperative forms are vise (tu), visons (nous), visez (vous). The noun visée refers to the act or result of aiming, and viseur is the sight or aiming device.

Usage is broad. Viser is used with direct objects when aiming at something, as in viser la cible (to aim at the target). It can be followed by an infinitive to express purpose with structures such as viser à faire quelque chose, for example, Ce projet vise à réduire les émissions. In policy or planning language, it is common to say that a law or program vise à atteindre a goal, meaning it aims to achieve that goal.

Origin and related terms: viser derives from Old French viser, with ties to the sense of seeing or directing toward, related to vision and viseur.

See also: viser, visée, viseur, vision.