visualize
verb
vi·su·al·ize
ˈvi-zhə-wə-ˌlīz 
ˈvi-zhə-ˌlīz,
ˈvizh-wə-ˌlīz
visualized; visualizing
: 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
: to form a mental visual image
Synonyms
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
Kidney biopsy: Using an ultrasound to visualize the kidneys, your healthcare provider will insert a needle through the skin to remove a small tissue sample from the kidney.
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 19 Oct. 2024
In this issue’s special report on innovations in health equity, her illustrations give form to concepts that can be hard to visualize, such as cultural competency and data disaggregation, but that nonetheless have real consequences for people’s health.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Just like the music itself: sonically rich, theatrical, ingeniously narrated and visualized by a woman who manages to prevent gender while redefining femininity and, as a result, upturn the power structures of hip hop.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
Cognitive shuffling may also be difficult for those who struggle with visualizing words and spelling them out in their head, such as people with dyslexia.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 4 Oct. 2024
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 19 Oct. 2024
In this issue’s special report on innovations in health equity, her illustrations give form to concepts that can be hard to visualize, such as cultural competency and data disaggregation, but that nonetheless have real consequences for people’s health.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
Just like the music itself: sonically rich, theatrical, ingeniously narrated and visualized by a woman who manages to prevent gender while redefining femininity and, as a result, upturn the power structures of hip hop.
—Julian Randall, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024
Cognitive shuffling may also be difficult for those who struggle with visualizing words and spelling them out in their head, such as people with dyslexia.
—Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 4 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for visualize
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visualize
verb
vi·su·al·ize
ˈvizh-(ə-)wə-ˌlīz
ˈvizh-ə-ˌlīz
visualized; visualizing
: to make visible
especially
: to form a mental image of
Medical Definition
visualize
transitive verb
vi·su·al·ize
variants
also British visualise
visualized also British visualised; visualizing also British visualising
: 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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