visualize

vis·u·al·ize

V v

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [vizh-oo-uh-lahyz]
- /ˈvɪʒ u əˌlaɪz/
- /ˈvɪʒ.u.əl.aɪz/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [vizh-oo-uh-lahyz]
- /ˈvɪʒ u əˌlaɪz/

Definitions of visualize word

verb without object visualize to recall or form mental images or pictures. 1
verb with object visualize to make visual or visible. 1
verb with object visualize to form a mental image of. 1
verb with object visualize to make perceptible to the mind or imagination. 1
transitive verb visualize picture in the mind 1
verb visualize If you visualize something, you imagine what it is like by forming a mental picture of it. 0

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Origin of visualize

First appearance:

before 1810

One of the 40% newest English words

First recorded in 1810-20; visual + -ize

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Parts of speech for Visualize

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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visualize popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for visualize

verb visualize

anticipate — If you anticipate an event, you realize in advance that it may happen and you are prepared for it.
be-held — simple past tense and past participle of behold.
blow one's mind — (in a human or other conscious being) the element, part, substance, or process that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc.: the processes of the human mind.
blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
catch on — If you catch on to something, you understand it, or realize that it is happening.

All 42 Synonyms of visualize