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

Advances in software, imaging tools, cameras, and drones have transformed how paleontologists document and visualize discoveries in both fieldwork and laboratory settings.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

Users can deploy Claude to chat, generate code, visualize data, search the web, or create content, among other tasks.

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

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 • Jan. 1, 2026

Sometimes it worked so well that during examinations I could visualize my notes and all that was written on each page of my textbooks.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah

Related Words

• anticipate
• dream up
• envision