visualize

[ vizh-oo-uh-lahyz ]
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verb (used without object),vis·u·al·ized, vis·u·al·iz·ing.
  1. to recall or form mental images or pictures.

verb (used with object),vis·u·al·ized, vis·u·al·iz·ing.
  1. to make visual or visible.

  2. to form a mental image of.

  1. to make perceptible to the mind or imagination.

Origin of visualize

1
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

Words Nearby visualize

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How to use visualize in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for visualize

visualize

visualise

/ (ˈvɪʒʊəˌlaɪz, -zjʊ-) /


verb
  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)

Derived forms of visualize

  • visualizer or visualiser, noun

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