visualize

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

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visualize

1817, first attested in, and perhaps was coined by, Coleridge; see visual + -ize.

Example sentences

One way to get your mind around these extra dimensions is to visualize a single

strand of a spiderweb.

Mind maps are an effective way to tackle large projects, as they help you

visualize ideas that can be overwhelming.

So fact remains that human brain and mind can visualize things by some kind of

invisible connections.

He could almost visualize himself tiptoeing past something explosive.

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"... a family I know ... bought an acre in the country on which to build a house. For many years, while they lacked the money to build, they visited the site regularly and picnicked on a knoll, the site's most attractive feature. They liked so much to visualize themselves as always there, that when they finally built they put the house on the knoll. But then the knoll was gone. Somehow they had not realized they would destroy it and lose it by supplanting it with themselves."

-Jane Jacobs