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

Regardless of the muted market reaction, lidar technology—which is essentially laser-based radar—used by cars and machines to visualize their environment, is maturing.

From Barron's

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

From Barron's

“Beginnings: The Story of Creation in the Middle Ages” explores how the biblical concept of Genesis has been interpreted and visualized across time, starting with artists making work during the Middle Ages.

From Los Angeles Times

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

The technique enabled clear detection of CMC layers just 10 nm thick and visualized structures spanning four orders of magnitude within a single image.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• anticipate
• dream up
• envision