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- [vizh-oo-uh l]
- /ˈvɪʒ u əl/
- /ˈvɪʒ.u.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [vizh-oo-uh l]
- /ˈvɪʒ u əl/
Definitions of visual word
- adjective visual of or relating to seeing or sight: a visual image. 1
- adjective visual used in seeing: the visual sense. 1
- adjective visual optical. 1
- adjective visual perceptible by the sense of sight; visible: a visual beauty. 1
- adjective visual perceptible by the mind; of the nature of a mental vision: a visual impression captured in a line of verse. 1
- noun visual Usually, visuals. the picture elements, as distinguished from the sound elements, in films, television, etc. photographs, slides, films, charts, or other visual materials, especially as used for illustration or promotion. Compare audio, video. 1
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Origin of visual
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Late Latin vīsuālis, equivalent to vīsu(s) sight (vid(ēre) to see + -tus suffix of v. action, with dt > s) + -ālis -al1
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Parts of speech for Visual
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
visual popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for visual
adj visual
- afferent — bringing or directing inwards to a part or an organ of the body, esp towards the brain or spinal cord
- audio-visual — Audio-visual equipment and materials involve both recorded sound and pictures.
- audiovisual — Audio-visual equipment and materials involve both recorded sound and pictures.
- aural — Aural means related to the sense of hearing. Compare acoustic.
noun visual
- figurine — a small ornamental figure of pottery, metal, plastic, etc.; statuette.
- knockoff — an act or instance of knocking off.
- lookalike — a person or thing that looks like or closely resembles another; double.
- mock up — a contemptuous or derisive imitative action or speech; mockery or derision.
- mock-up — a model, often full-size, for study, testing, or teaching: a mock-up of an experimental aircraft.
adjective visual
- aesthetic — Aesthetic is used to talk about beauty or art, and people's appreciation of beautiful things.
- graphical — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- imaged — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- knockabout — Nautical. any of various fore-and-aft-rigged sailing vessels having a single jib bent to a stay from the stemhead, no bowsprit being used: usually rigged as a sloop.
- neural — of or relating to a nerve or the nervous system.
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