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( vɪ ʒuəlaɪz )
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense visualizes , present participle visualizing , past tense , past participle visualized regional note: in BRIT, also use visualise verb If you visualize something, you imagine what it is like by forming a mental picture of it.
Susan visualized her wedding day and saw herself walking down the aisle on her father'sarm. [ VERB noun]
He could not visualize her as old. [ VERB noun preposition]
She visualized him stomping to his car, the picture of self-righteousness. [ VERB noun verb-ing]
It was hard to visualize how it could have been done. [ VERB wh]
Synonyms: picture, imagine, think about , envisage More Synonyms of visualize
visualization ( vɪ ʒuəlaɪzeɪ ʃə n ) Word forms: plural visualizations variable noun ...a perfect visualization of reality. [ + of ]
...meditation and visualization techniques.
visualize in British English or visualise ( ˈvɪʒʊəˌlaɪz , -zjʊ-)
verb 1. to form a mental image of (something incapable of being viewed or not at that moment visible)
2. medicine to view by means of an X-ray the outline of (a bodily organ, structure, or part)
Derived forms
visualizer ( ˈvisualˌizer) or visualiser ( ˈvisualˌiser) noun
visualize in American English ( ˈvɪʒuəlˌaɪz )
verb transitive Word forms: ˈvisualˌized or ˈvisualˌizing 1. to form a mental image of (something not present to the sight, an abstraction, etc.); envision
verb intransitive 2. to form a mental image
Derived forms
visualization ( ˌvisualiˈzation) noun
Word origin
visual + -ize
Examples of 'visualize' in a sentence visualize
Of course she had known that they must go, but hadn't been able to visualize the reality. He had counted on her; he could not visualize himself without her. The main rule is to visualize the thing you want to bring on its own. In other languages visualize
British English :
visualize /
ˈvɪʒʊəˌlaɪz; -zjʊ- /
VERB If you visualize something, you imagine what it is like by forming a mental picture of it.
He could not visualize her as old.
American English : visualize Arabic : يَتَصَوَّرُ Brazilian Portuguese : visualizar Chinese : 形象化 Croatian : vizualizirati Czech : představit si Danish : visualisere Dutch : visualiseren European Spanish : visualizar Finnish : kuvitella mielessään French : visualiser German : vorstellen (sich) Greek : φτιάχνω νοητή εικόνα Italian : visualizzare Japanese : 思い描く Korean : 시각화하다 Norwegian : visualisere Polish : wyobrazić sobie European Portuguese : visualizar Romanian : a vizualiza Russian : представлять Latin American Spanish : visualizar Swedish : visualisera Thai : ทำให้จินตนาการเห็น Turkish : gözünde canlandırmak Ukrainian : візуалізувати Vietnamese : hình dung Chinese translation of 'visualize' vt (= imagine ) 设(設)想 (shèxiǎng) (= envisage ) 想象 (xiǎngxiàng)
Definition
to form a mental image of (something not at that moment visible)
He could not visualize her as a child.
Synonyms
think about
conceive of
see in the mind's eye
conjure up a mental picture of
Additional synonyms Definition
to think deeply about
He lay in his hospital bed and cried as he contemplated his future.
Synonyms
think about ,
consider ,
ponder ,
mull over ,
reflect upon ,
ruminate (upon) ,
meditate on ,
brood over ,
muse over ,
deliberate over ,
revolve or turn over in your mind
I can't envisage being married to someone like that.
Synonyms
imagine ,
contemplate ,
conceive (of) ,
visualize ,
picture ,
fancy ,
think up ,
conceptualize
Definition
to form a mental image of
He could not imagine a more peaceful scene.
Synonyms
envisage ,
see ,
picture ,
plan ,
create ,
project ,
think of ,
scheme ,
frame ,
invent ,
devise ,
conjure up ,
envision ,
visualize ,
dream up (informal) ,
think up ,
conceive of ,
conceptualize ,
fantasize about ,
see in the mind's eye ,
form a mental picture of ,
ideate