visualize

American  

[vizh-oo-uh-lahyz] / ˈvɪʒ u əˌlaɪz /

especially British, visualise

verb (used without object)

visualized, visualizing

1. to recall or form mental images or pictures.

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verb (used with object)

visualized, visualizing

1. to make visual or visible.

2. to form a mental image of.

3. to make perceptible to the mind or imagination.

visualize British  

/ ˈvɪʒʊəˌlaɪz, -zjʊ- /

verb

1. to form a mental image of (something incapable of being viewed or not at that moment visible)

2. med to view by means of an X-ray the outline of (a bodily organ, structure, or part)

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Other Word Forms

• nonvisualized adjective
• revisualization noun
• revisualize verb
• unvisualized adjective
• visualist noun
• visualizable adjective
• visualization noun
• visualizer noun
• well-visualized adjective

Etymology

Origin of visualize

First recorded in 1810–20; visual + -ize

Example Sentences

"It's hard to visualize what it's going to be like moving forward."

From Barron's

Mr. Bailey’s suggestions for maximizing productivity include drawing an “intention stack” to help visualize how goals, spread out over time, exist in relation to one another.

From The Wall Street Journal

While LLMs can predict the next word in a sequence, they don’t possess an understanding of physics, and they can’t visualize and manipulate objects and spaces in three dimensions.

From MarketWatch

While LLMs can predict the next word in a sequence, they don’t possess an understanding of physics, and they can’t visualize and manipulate objects and spaces in three dimensions.

From MarketWatch

Inside a superconductor, these microscopic processes cannot be easily tracked or visualized.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• anticipate
• dream up
• envision