visualize

especially British, vis·u·al·ise

[vizh-oo-uh-lahyz]

verb (used without object)

visualized, visualizing 

1. to recall or form mental images or pictures.

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

/ 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)

Other Word Forms

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of visualize¹

First recorded in 1810–20; visual + -ize

Example Sentences

Working with the Taylor lab at the University of Pittsburgh, Betley’s team used calcium imaging to visualize neuron activity in real time in animal models of both short-term and long-term pain.

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Instead of two dimensions, an LLM is turning words into vectors with many hundreds of dimensions—more than it’s possible to visualize.

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Mebust acknowledged that SB 79 has been “incredibly challenging to visualize.”

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Before Greene starts sketching and building a new project, he spends time visualizing it, imaging what it could look like.

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Even the sanest among us can visualize how brighter the world would look if last November’s election had gone the other way.

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Related Words

• anticipate 
• dream up 
• envision