visualize

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To perceive (something) visually

   To perceive (something) visually; to see.

2. 2

   To depict (something) in a way which can be seen.

   • to visualize data using a chart
   • The black male model in the hoodie references the trope of the urban black menace so clearly visualized in the ghetto action films of the early 1990s as well as in contemporary music videos.
3. 3

   To form a mental picture of (something)

   To form a mental picture of (something); to picture (something) in the mind; to envisage.

   • In our own poetry we get from [Geoffrey] Chaucer the first instance of self-analysis and description, the first case of visualising self.
   • The humanitarian, frequently ignoring hard reality, visualises one cosmopolitan community where justice and social sympathy measured in terms of some one set of units reign supreme.
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   1. 4

      To make (a hidden or unclear body part, process, or object) visible by optical methods…

      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.

   2. 5

      To perceive something visually.

      • 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.
   3. 6

      To form a mental picture of something

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

The neighborhood

• neighborenvisage
• neighborevidence
• neighborunvisioned
• neighborvisage
• neighborvisible
• neighborvision
• neighborvisionary
• neighborvisual