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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

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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

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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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