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vi·​su·​al·​ize | \ ˈvi-zhə-wə-ˌlīz How to pronounce visualize (audio) , ˈvi-zhə-ˌlīz, ˈvizh-wə-ˌlīz\
visualized; visualizing

Definition of visualize

transitive verb

: to make visible: such as
a : to see or form a mental image of : envisage trying to visualize the problem
b : to make (an internal organ or part) visible by radiographic visualization

intransitive verb

: to form a mental visual image
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Examples of visualize in a Sentence

She tried to visualize the scene he was describing. Before you swing, visualize yourself hitting the ball.
Recent Examples on the Web Other examples of bio-inspiration that visualize how artists and designers have utilized this approach throughout history are more literal. — Wendy Moonan, Smithsonian, "How Biology Inspires Future Technology," 27 Aug. 2019 For example, Lauren Gohara makes a color-field painting out of three bar graphs that visualize the division of wealth in the United States. — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, "In the galleries: At two Washington spaces, art of a political caliber," 16 Aug. 2019 Now let’s try to visualize the mass of dark matter, compared to the mass of stars and gas. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Scientists weighed all the mass in the Milky Way galaxy. It’s mind-boggling.," 27 June 2019 While the app attempts to solve many of the challenges involved with trying to visualize art on a wall, the execution still has a ways to go. — Michelle Higgins, New York Times, "Buying Art Doesn’t Have to Be Intimidating: Yes, There’s an App," 20 Feb. 2018 Thus doctors could potentially limit their exposure to the X-rays needed to visualize the tiny blood vessels inside the brain. — David Freeman, NBC News, "This wormlike robot is made to wriggle through the human brain," 5 Sep. 2019 The women produced easy-to-visualize diagrams charting the movement of ivory, tying some 30 tons of ivory seizures to the Akashas. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "How a San Diego AI company helped bring down an African crime boss," 24 Aug. 2019 To find out, Ntampaka and her team used a technique pioneered by Google’s DeepDream project, which enables humans to visualize what a deep-learning network is seeing. — Anil Ananthaswamy, Scientific American, "Faced with a Data Deluge, Astronomers Turn to Automation," 21 Aug. 2019 The installation by artists Rob Jensen and Warren Trezevant is made up of a series of arches that combined light and sound to visualize the speed of sound. — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, "Sonic Runway coming back to downtown San Jose next year," 15 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of visualize

1817, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

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26 Oct 2019

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The first known use of visualize was in 1817

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visualize

verb
How to pronounce visualize (audio)

English Language Learners Definition of visualize

: to form a mental picture of (someone or something)

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visualize

verb
vi·​su·​al·​ize | \ ˈvi-zhə-wə-ˌlīz How to pronounce visualize (audio) \
visualized; visualizing

Kids Definition of visualize

: to see or form a mental image : imagine

visualize

transitive verb
vi·​su·​al·​ize
variants: also British visualise \ ˈvizh-​(ə-​)wə-​ˌlīz, ˈvizh-​ə-​ˌlīz How to pronounce visualise (audio) \
visualized also British visualised; visualizing also British visualising

Medical Definition of visualize

: to make visible: as
a : to see or form a mental image of
b : to make (an organ) visible by radiographic visualization visualize the gallbladder
c : to prepare (as an organism or tissue) for microscopic examination especially by staining

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