visualizing

verb

present participle of visualize
as in imagining
to form a mental picture of visualized herself executing a perfect dive

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Recent Examples of visualizing 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 This view helpfully shows key numbers (such as resolved requests, involvement rate, resolution rate) at the top, along with a funnel that visualizes visualizing how requests are resolved (with AI or humans). — Dianna Gunn, PC Magazine, 11 Aug. 2026 The feature launched globally on the web version of Google Earth earlier this week, and Google’s blog post pitched it as a tool for visualizing historical sites and real estate projects. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 31 July 2026 This app is great for visualizing all aspects of your financial life, though its day-to-day budgeting tools are more limited. — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Just as Melanie was visualizing the finish line for her cancer treatment, the family was dealt another blow in June 2023 when Shatner was diagnosed with stage 4 malignant melanoma that had spread to his lungs and brain. — Melody Chiu, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026 This graphic posted by a fan on social media does a great job visualizing the wide variety and size of the dragons. — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026 To help with visualizing a standard pour of wine, five ounces is a little more than a 1/2 cup of liquid. — Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for visualizing
  1. imagining
  2. envisioning
  3. seeing
  4. picturing
  5. dreaming
Verb
  • Maybe that difficulty in imagining the sport’s death, like imagining the end of capitalism, comes from living in the present.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
  • The movement was organized around imagining how stillness could operate according to human rights policies.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of imagining
Verb
  • At the foot of the Washington Monument, Americans and Brits took turns envisioning how the United States will look in 250 years.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Could this explain why so many of our most reputable creatives are exploring what was once peripheral, spoken of with disbelief, and envisioning it as another possible dimension of existence?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of envisioning
Verb
  • Machchhar said his daughter had come to visit him in hospital but got scared seeing him in his condition.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • There are few things more destabilizing than seeing an ex in the wild.
    — Eileen Kelly, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of seeing
Verb
  • Consider techniques like progressive muscle relaxation, body scanning, box breathing, or even picturing your thoughts as clouds that are receding into the distance.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Two years ago, the royal spoke at the same gathering, against a backdrop of cell phone lock screens picturing children whose mental health had been affected by social media.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of picturing
Verb
  • Connington has spent years dreaming about a field where England’s best players have performed.
    — Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Critical to healthy brain functioning is a dreaming state of unconsciousness called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.
    — Mike McRae September 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of dreaming

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“Visualizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/visualizing. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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