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visualise
[
vizh
-oo-
uh
-lahyz
]
Origin
vis·u·al·ize
/
ˈvɪʒ
u
əˌlaɪz
/
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[
vizh
-oo-
uh
-lahyz
]
Show IPA
verb,
-ized,
-iz·ing.
verb (used without object)
1.
to recall or form mental images or pictures.
verb (used with object)
2.
to make
visual
or visible.
3.
to form a mental
image
of.
4.
to make perceptible to the mind or imagination.
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Also,
especially British
,
vis·u·al·ise
.
Origin:
1810–20;
visual
+
-ize
Related forms
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
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re·vis·u·al·ize,
verb,
-ized,
-iz·ing.
un·vis·u·al·ized,
adjective
well-vis·u·al·ized,
adjective
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visualize
or
visualise
(ˈvɪʒʊəˌlaɪz, -zjʊ-, ˈvɪʒʊəˌlaɪz, -zjʊ-)
—
vb
1.
to form a mental image of (something incapable of being viewed or not at that moment visible)
2.
med
to view by means of an X-ray the outline of (a bodily organ, structure, or part)
visualise
or
visualise
—
vb
'visualizer
or
visualise
—
n
'visualiser
or
visualise
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Word Origin & History
visualize
1817, first attested in, and perhaps was coined by, Coleridge; see
visual
+
-ize
.
EXPAND
visualise
British spelling of
visualize
. For suffix, see
-ize
.
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