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visualize

[ vizh-oo-uh-lahyz ]
/ ˈvɪʒ u əˌlaɪz /
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verb (used without object), vis·u·al·ized, vis·u·al·iz·ing.
to recall or form mental images or pictures.
verb (used with object), vis·u·al·ized, vis·u·al·iz·ing.
to make visual or visible.
to form a mental image of.
to make perceptible to the mind or imagination.
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Also especially British, vis·u·al·ise .

Origin of visualize

First recorded in 1810–20; visual + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM visualize

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Words related to visualize

anticipate, dream up, envision, apprehend, create, divine, envisage, fancy, feature, foresee, image, imagine, object, picture, reflect, see, think, view, bring to mind, call to mind

How to use visualize in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for visualize

visualize

visualise

/ (ˈvɪʒʊəˌlaɪz, -zjʊ-) /
verb
to form a mental image of (something incapable of being viewed or not at that moment visible)
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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