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

I would see his name credited as a writer and I always visualized that someday I wanted to be in the back cover of an album.

From Los Angeles Times

“This is a different way of visualizing music and embracing the way it feeds the eyes,” Ms. Chan writes.

From The Wall Street Journal

Try to visualize how the party looked, but from a different angle.

From Los Angeles Times

"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

Related Words

• anticipate
• dream up
• envision