visualize

[ vizh-oo-uh-lahyz ]

/ ˈvɪʒ u əˌlaɪz /

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verb (used without object), vis·u·al·ized, vis·u·al·iz·ing.

to recall or form mental images or pictures.

verb (used with object), vis·u·al·ized, vis·u·al·iz·ing.

to make visual or visible.

to form a mental image of.

to make perceptible to the mind or imagination.

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Also especially British, vis·u·al·ise .

Origin of visualize

First recorded in 1810–20; visual + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM visualize

vis·u·al·iz·a·ble, adjectivevis·u·al·i·za·tion, nounvis·u·al·iz·er, vis·u·al·ist, nounnon·vis·u·al·ized, adjective

re·vis·u·al·i·za·tion, nounre·vis·u·al·ize, verb, re·vis·u·al·ized, re·vis·u·al·iz·ing.un·vis·u·al·ized, adjectivewell-vis·u·al·ized, adjective

Words nearby visualize

visual display terminal, visual display unit, visual effect, visual field, visualization, visualize, visual literacy, visually, visually handicapped, visually impaired, visual magnitude

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How to use visualize in a sentence

Leftwich always wanted to hear the actual play, because he could visualize it as Arians called it.
Byron Leftwich is a rising star on a Bucs coaching staff that shows the power of diversity|Adam Kilgore|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
We can visualize the 2020 results by plotting the percentage of counties that fell into any given five-point range of margins.
Those big, misleading maps of presidential results by land area are getting worse|Philip Bump|February 3, 2021|Washington Post
By clicking a button, they can visualize the what happens if you pay, for example, $20 or $50 more per month.
Charlie launches a mobile app that ‘gamifies’ getting out of debt|Sarah Perez|January 27, 2021|TechCrunch
The local branch got “Crystalline,” a concept that’s harder to visualize.
In the galleries: Immersive exhibit explores a wonderland in blue|Mark Jenkins|January 22, 2021|Washington Post

The map visualizes each county’s polling average from January 1 to January 14.
Do your neighbors want to get vaccinated?|Karen Hao|January 16, 2021|MIT Technology Review
So, he has access to his entire timeline, and it was up to the visualizers to visualize it in some way that it might be.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Breaks Down ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Time Dilations, and Massive Waves|Marlow Stern|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You had to visualize what all the pieces were and make sure you found them.
How ‘Transcendence’ Director Wally Pfister Became Christopher Nolan’s Secret Weapon|Andrew Romano|April 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For those that need to visualize this, think about the way hamburger grease clogs your drains.
6 Ways to Avoid ‘Sochi Gut’ While Watching the Olympics|Jenna A. Bell|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The more he talked, the more promoters and fans were able to visualize a Clay-Liston fight.
Rand Paul Woos the Base With Hot Monica Lewinsky Talk|Michael Tomasky|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It helps [to] visualize the dish before you do it, it helps you with your daily process, it helps putting it together.
The Genius Behind elBulli: Ferran Adria Reveals His Creative Process|Ann Binlot|January 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Lamb could visualize him putting his coat on a hanger, carefully folding a scarf over it.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
All that day Houston thought of it, dreamed of it, tried to visualize it,—the fight of a railroad against the snows of the hills.
The White Desert|Courtney Ryley Cooper
What were they all doing, those crowds that she could visualize so plainly?
The Beach of Dreams|H. De Vere Stacpoole
He tried to visualize the planet he was coming to, but no pictures formed in his mind.
The Status Civilization|Robert Sheckley
In her mind's eye she could visualize the lifted eyebrows of the day shift guards as they glanced over the huddled crew.
Unthinkable|Roger Phillips Graham

British Dictionary definitions for visualize

visualize

visualise

/ (ˈvɪʒʊəˌlaɪz, -zjʊ-) /

verb

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

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

Derived forms of visualize

visualizer or visualiser, noun

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