visualize
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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to make visual or visible.
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to form a mental image of.
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to make perceptible to the mind or imagination.
verb
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to form a mental image of (something incapable of being viewed or not at that moment visible)
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med to view by means of an X-ray the outline of (a bodily organ, structure, or part)
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
Example Sentences
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"People visualized divisions, sequences, and balance through their art."
From Science Daily
To visualize that scale, it is similar to a crack stretching from Albuquerque to Denver, with the ground on either side suddenly sliding past each other by 10 to 15 feet.
From Science Daily
The initiative is led by the California Coastal Commission to help visualize future sea levels and flood risk in coastal areas.
From Los Angeles Times
In those moments, Nuzzi writes, she asked Kennedy, “How do you feel when you visualize standing onstage and endorsing the Democrat?”
From Los Angeles Times
"We hope this new technique of visualizing synaptic membrane dynamics in live brain tissue samples can help us understand similarities and differences in nonheritable and heritable forms of the condition," Watanabe says.
From Science Daily
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