visualize

[ vizh-oo-uh-lahyz ]

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verb (used without object),vis·u·al·ized, vis·u·al·iz·ing.

to recall or form mental images or pictures.

verb (used with object),vis·u·al·ized, vis·u·al·iz·ing.

to make visual or visible.
to form a mental image of.

to make perceptible to the mind or imagination.

Origin of visualize

First recorded in 1810–20; visual + -ize

Also especially British, vis·u·al·ise .

Other words from visualize

vis·u·al·iz·a·ble, adjective
vis·u·al·i·za·tion, noun
vis·u·al·iz·er, vis·u·al·ist, noun
non·vis·u·al·ized, adjective
re·vis·u·al·i·za·tion, noun
re·vis·u·al·ize, verb, re·vis·u·al·ized, re·vis·u·al·iz·ing.
un·vis·u·al·ized, adjective
well-vis·u·al·ized, adjective

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How to use visualize in a sentence

If you are interested in unique ways of visualizing your self-tracking data, I urge you to take a look at Aprilzero.
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It was hard enough visualizing it, let alone getting her to execute it.
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The first time someone explains to you what GWAR is, you might have a little trouble visualizing it.
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To use a chess word, I spend a lot of time visualizing endgames.
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Visualizing that scenario helped me to see that my children might not die right away—they might suffer terribly in the process.
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Arcot cocked an eye at the power pack, visualizing the circuits.
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She paused with a little shudder and seemed visualizing the terrible picture again.
The Beach of Dreams | H. De Vere Stacpoole
By visualizing is meant the formation of a mental image of the thing in the imagination.
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She still kept her eyes bent over the column of figures, but she was visualizing again.
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Thus his chief instinct is cerebration—dreaming, meditating, visualizing, planning.
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British Dictionary definitions for visualize

visualize

visualise

/ (ˈvɪʒʊəˌlaɪz, -zjʊ-) /

verb

to form a mental image of (something incapable of being viewed or not at that moment visible)
med to view by means of an X-ray the outline of (a bodily organ, structure, or part)

Derived forms of visualize

visualizer or visualiser, noun

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