"envision the idea" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to talk about picturing something in your mind or imagining what something could look like. For example, "We need to envision the idea of a bigger house before we make any decisions on a renovation project."
The latter envisioned the idea of COTM to be 'a broad concept, encompassing children from diverse backgrounds and with different experiences' (Crépeau and Dottridge 2013, p. 7).
Sam Raimi originally envisioned the idea for Thor after making Darkman (1990); he met Stan Lee and pitched the concept to 20th Century Fox, but they did not understand it.
JZ, TMP and PY envisioned the idea behind the ARG-walker method.
The industry envisioned the idea to convert patients into consumers with the right to be informed about pharmaceutical products as they have the right to receive information about other goods and services [ 14].
Lu also envisions expanding the idea of Grubwithus into other verticals and use cases.
Since mitochondrial metabolism is a fundamental pathway in almost all cell types, we envision that the ideas described in this paper can be easily applied to a variety of metabolic disorders that encompass mitochondrial dysfunction.
Some scholars have suggested that Leibniz should be regarded as one of the first thinkers to envision something like the idea of artificial intelligence (cf. Churchland 1984; Pratt 1987).
Keep It Real The Rev. Joseph Worcester, the first pastor, was an amateur architect who bought the land and envisioned the building ideas for the Swedenborgian Church.
Still, many people do not want to ride the bus, and that's where a third model comes in — this one a nonprofit that re-envisions the accepted ideas of transit for the elderly and disabled.
You could easily envision a cable company buying the idea and technology behind Aereo as a way to work around big retransmission fees.
