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

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How to use visualize in a sentence

That’s because as companies make the shift to digital, it becomes more important than ever to help them visualize and understand that data in order to understand their customers’ requirements better.
As Slack acquisition rumors swirl, a look at Salesforce’s six biggest deals|Ron Miller|November 30, 2020|TechCrunch
That could open the door to discovering viruses that infect these distant relatives of ours and visualizing exactly what those infections actually look like.
Did Viruses Create the Nucleus? The Answer May Be Near.|Christie Wilcox|November 25, 2020|Quanta Magazine
The post Google’s new AdSense Reports page makes it easier to toggle and visualize data appeared first on Search Engine Land.
Google’s new AdSense Reports page makes it easier to toggle and visualize data|George Nguyen|August 25, 2020|Search Engine Land
The new Reports interface should make it easier for publishers to manipulate and visualize their data.
Google’s new AdSense Reports page makes it easier to toggle and visualize data|George Nguyen|August 25, 2020|Search Engine Land

The final version is modular and the pieces of the forecast are visualized on cards.
How We Designed The Look Of Our 2020 Forecast|Anna Wiederkehr (anna.wiederkehr@abc.com)|August 13, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
A man who is a poor visualizer is out of place as a photographer or a picture salesman.
Power of Mental Imagery|Warren Hilton
This, as might be supposed, is the report of an exceptionally strong visualizer.
Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1|Various
Whether the communicator is a good visualizer or not may affect the communications to a great extent.
The Problems of Psychical Research|Hereward Carrington
I am not a 'visualizer;' I have infrequent hypnagogic hallucinations, and they are all of the auditory type.
Essay on the Creative Imagination|Th. Ribot
I found that he was a strong visualizer and easily suggestible.
Psychotherapy|Hugo Mnsterberg

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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visualise

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