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visual
[ vizh-oo-uhl ]
/ ËvÉȘÊ u Él /
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adjective
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Origin of visual
1375â1425; late Middle English <Late Latin vÄ«suÄlis, equivalent to vÄ«su(s) sight (vid(Äre) to see + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt>s) + -Älis-al1
OTHER WORDS FROM visual
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH visual
visible, visualWords nearby visual
Visser 't Hooft, vista, vistadome, vistaed, Vistula, visual, visual acuity, visual aid, visual aids, visual album, visual angle
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How to use visual in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for visual
visual
/ (ËvÉȘÊÊÉl, -zjÊ-) /
adjective
of, relating to, done by, or used in seeingvisual powers; visual steering
another word for optical
capable of being seen; visible
of, occurring as, or induced by a mental image
noun
a sketch to show the proposed layout of an advertisement, as in a newspaper
(often plural) a photograph, film, or other display material
Derived forms of visual
visually, adverbWord Origin for visual
C15: from Late Latin vÄ«suÄlis, from Latin vÄ«sus sight, from vidÄre to see
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