English Explanatory Dictionary

visualize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To perceive (something) visually; to see.
  2. To depict (something) in a way which can be seen.
  3. To form a mental picture of (something); to picture (something) in the mind; to envisage.
  4. To make (a hidden or unclear body part, process, or object) visible by optical methods (such as endoscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, or X-rays), or other techniques.
  5. To perceive something visually.
  6. To form a mental picture of something; to picture something in the mind.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪʒʊəlaɪz/ /ˈvɪzjʊəlaɪz/ /ˈvɪʒəlaɪz/ /ˈvɪzjʊlaɪz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-visualise.wav /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/ /ˈvɪʒəwəˌlaɪz/ /ˈvɪʒəˌlaɪz/ /ˈvɪʒwəˌlaɪz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-visualize.wav

Word forms

visualize visualizes visualizing visualized visualise

Etymology

From visual + -ize (suffix forming verbs denoting the doing or making of what is denoted by the adjectives or nouns to which it is attached).

Antonyms

hide

Related words

envisage evidence unvisioned visage visible vision visionary visual

Derived words

covisualize previsualize revisualise revisualize unvisualisable unvisualizable visualisable visualizable visualisation visualization visualiser visualizer visualising visualizing visualizability

Translations

Armenian: ըմբռնել Armenian: պատկերացնել Catalan: visualitzar Chinese Mandarin: 遙想 /遥想 Danish: visualisere Danish: anskueliggøre Dutch: visualiseren Finnish: kuvitella French: visualiser German: veranschaulichen Irish: samhlaigh Italian: visualizzare Japanese: 思い描く Japanese: 視覚化する Khmer: ស្រមៃ Maltese: vviżwalizza Norwegian Bokmål: anskueliggjøre Norwegian Bokmål: synliggjøre Polish: wizualizować Portuguese: visualizar Romanian: vizualiza Romanian: întrevedea Romanian: preconiza Serbo-Croatian: vizualizirati Serbo-Croatian: predočiti Slovak: vizualizovať Spanish: visualizar Swedish: visualisera Swedish: åskådliggöra Turkish: tasavvur etmek
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