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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

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Words related to visualize

anticipate, dream up, envision, picture, divine, foresee, apprehend, image, object, feature, fancy, reflect, see, imagine, create, think, envisage, view, call to mind, conjure up

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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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