Visualize

//ˈvɪʒʊəlaɪz// verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To perceive (something) visually; to see. transitive

    "Be sure to find an area far away from the city or street lights, the darker the better. Lean back or lie flat on your back with your feet facing south and visualize as much of the sky as possible. Most meteors appear as faint streaks in the sky."

  2. 2
    make visible wordnet
  3. 3
    To depict (something) in a way which can be seen. transitive

    "to visualize data using a chart"

  4. 4
    imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind wordnet
  5. 5
    To form a mental picture of (something); to picture (something) in the mind; to envisage. transitive

    "In our own poetry we get from [Geoffrey] Chaucer the first instance of self-analysis and description, the first case of visualising self."

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  1. 6
    form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract wordnet
  2. 7
    To make (a hidden or unclear body part, process, or object) visible by optical methods (such as endoscopy, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, or X-rays), or other techniques. transitive

    "An investigation is described in which the phenomena of afterglow were utilized to make visible the low-density supersonic flows of various gases. […] The afterglow is shown to be effective in visualizing some of the features of the flow in this range of low densities where it is difficult or impracticable to obtain comparable results with schlieren methods."

  3. 8
    view the outline of by means of an X-ray wordnet
  4. 9
    To perceive something visually. intransitive

    "His first impression was that he had tackled a dozen Oochaks instead of one. Beyond that first impression his mind did not work, nor did his eyes visualize."

  5. 10
    To form a mental picture of something; to picture something in the mind. intransitive

Etymology

From visual + -ize (suffix forming verbs denoting the doing or making of what is denoted by the adjectives or nouns to which it is attached).

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