Thesaurus results for VISUALIZE

visualize

verb

ˈvi-zhə-wə-ˌlīz

Definition of visualize

as in to imagine

to form a mental picture of visualized herself executing a perfect dive

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Recent Examples of visualize His mind ran the perimeter of the room, visualizing the window, door, walls, and photos. — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026 Children who learn visually may have a strong sense of spatial awareness and tend to be good at visualizing information or concepts. — Elisa Cinelli, Parents, 8 Sep. 2026 When Tez’s narration fails to fully visualize an incident or an idea, the documentary relies on animation from Office of Development and Design, imagery that alternates between borderline photo-realistic and hallucinatory, depending on the need. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026 Far more productive to test the snowpack, visualize the beta, read the weather report, double-check the way the parachute is folded, determine what direction the wind blows down the talus field. — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for visualize

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Of course, one point made in the song is that nearly every American has immigrants in the family tree, however much some nationalists may like to imagine a United States that began with certain demographics in place.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
On every other dimension, however, the Cuban state is weaker than most foreign observers realize—both those on the right, who imagine an anti-American leviathan, and those on the left, who cling to the fiction of functional schools and hospitals.

— Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of imagine

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It was hoped that the plant, envisioned as the first of three, would provide 15% of the island’s electricity needs and usher in a new era of energy security for the communist nation.

— Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
And those are just the scenarios experts can currently envision.

— Jared Perlo, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of envision

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In fact, the ability to see the curve from 25 meters away may only hold in perfect theoretical conditions—such as a single high-contrast line on a two-dimensional surface.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Many could barely see the painting clearly with their own eyes, yet they were focused on capturing it.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

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