visualize
to recall or form mental images or pictures.
to make visual or visible.
to form a mental image of.
to make perceptible to the mind or imagination.
Origin of visualize
1- Also especially British, vis·u·al·ise .
Other words from visualize
- vis·u·al·iz·a·ble, adjective
- vis·u·al·i·za·tion, noun
- vis·u·al·iz·er, vis·u·al·ist, noun
- non·vis·u·al·ized, adjective
- re·vis·u·al·i·za·tion, noun
- re·vis·u·al·ize, verb, re·vis·u·al·ized, re·vis·u·al·iz·ing.
- un·vis·u·al·ized, adjective
- well-vis·u·al·ized, adjective
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How to use visualize in a sentence
The dear sailor brothers I can't quite visualise; I can only see them looking so upright and pale when we said good-bye.
Carry On | Coningsby DawsonEven in London a man saw and heard and was able, if he had an imagination, to visualise too much to remain quite normal.
Robin | Frances Hodgson Burnett“Yes,” said Bertram, and tried to visualise that rush at the belching Maxim.
Cupid in Africa | P. C. WrenThey always visualise sin in its horror in a way that is beyond most of us, and we can respect their gloom.
The Book of This and That | Robert LyndPerhaps the quickest way to visualise the differences of nations is to imagine them exchanging countries.
A Wanderer in Holland | E. V. Lucas
British Dictionary definitions for visualize
visualise
/ (ˈvɪʒʊəˌlaɪz, -zjʊ-) /
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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