English Explanatory Dictionary

visual

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Related to or affecting the vision.
  2. That can be seen; visible.
noun
  1. Any element of something that depends on sight.
  2. An image; a picture; a graphic.
  3. All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
  4. A preliminary sketch.
  5. Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪʒuːəl/ /ˈvɪzjuːəl/ /ˈvɪʒəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-visual.wav /ˈvɪʒuəl/ /ˈvɪʒwəl/ /ˈʋɪʃ(ʊ)ʋəl/ /ˈʋɪ(d)ʒ(ʊ)ʋəl/

Word forms

visual more visual most visual visuall visuals

Etymology

From Middle English visual, from French visuel, visual and directly from Late Latin vīsuālis (“of sight”), from vīsus (“sight, vision”) + -ālis (“adjective suffix”), from vidēre (“to see, perceive; look (at)”); see visage. By surface analysis, Latin vīsus + -ual.

Related words

envisage evidence visage visible vision visionary

Derived words

audiovisual key visual nonvisual visual acuity visual aid visual angle visual area 4 visual area V4 visual art visual artist visual arts visual axis visual binary visual cortex visual diary visual dictionary visual display unit visual effects visual field visual hole visualization visualize visual kei visual language visually visual magnitude visual merchandising visual migraine visual novel visual poem visual poetry visual pollution visual presenter visual programming language visual proximity visual pun visual purple visual rhyme visual servoing visual-shock kei visual snow visual space visual streak visual text visual voicemail visual white visual yellow VLOS have a visual on
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