visualise

See also: visualisé

English

Alternative forms

• visualize (US)

Etymology

• visual +‎ -ise

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪʒʊəlaɪz/, /ˈvɪzjʊəlaɪz/, /ˈvɪʒəlaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪʒuəlaɪz/, /ˈvɪʒwəlaɪz/

Verb

visualise (third-person singular simple present visualises, present participle visualising, simple past and past participle visualised) (British spelling)

1. (transitive) To envisage; to form a mental picture of.

   Coordinate terms: audialize, auralize, kinesthetize, olfactorize, tactilize, tactualize

   • 1950 September, “Centenary of the Royal Border Bridge”, in Railway Magazine, page 637:

     Trains have increased in weight far beyond anything visualised when the bridge was designed, but it has never undergone any major structural alterations, and continues to carry main-line traffic without weight restriction.

   • 1950 October, R. A. Marshall, “Kuala Lumpur, an Important Malayan Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:

     Possible developments such as electric or diesel suburban services may be visualised when the town has grown sufficiently to justify them.

2. (transitive) To make (something) visible.

   Antonym: hide

   • 2003, Image Quality in Chest Radiography, page 84:

     When small masses are to be detected, it is necessary to visualise as much of the lung as possible with as little structured noise as possible. This is accomplished with high-voltage, wide-latitude, image recording and possibly beam equalisation.

   • 2023 December 13, Carrie Hodgin, Brian Slocum, "When is the best time to view the meteor shower? Everything to know about the Geminids meteor shower" (archive), WXII 12:

     Be sure to find an area far away from the city or street lights, the darker the better. Lean back or lie flat on your back with your feet facing south and visualize as much of the sky as possible. Most meteors appear as faint streaks in the sky.

Related terms

• envisage
• evidence
• visage
• visible
• vision
• visionary
• visual
• visualisation

Translations

to form a mental picture

• Catalan: visualitzar (ca)
• Danish: visualisere, anskueliggøre
• Dutch: visualiseren (nl)
• Finnish: visualisoida (fi)
• German: veranschaulichen (de)
• Italian: visualizzare (it)
• Japanese: 視覚化する (ja) (shukakuka suru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: synliggjøre, anskueliggjøre (no)

• Polish: wizualizować (pl) impf
• Romanian: întrevedea (ro)
• Slovak: vizualizovať
• Spanish: visualizar (es)
• Swedish: åskådliggöra (sv), visualisera (sv)

to make visible

• Danish: visualisere
• Dutch: visualiseren (nl)
• Finnish: tehdä näkyväksi, visualisoida (fi)
• Japanese: 可視化する (ja) (kashika suru), 現す (ja) (arawasu)
• Polish: uwidocznić pf
• Spanish: visualizar (es)
• Swedish: synliggöra (sv)

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: visualisent, visualises

Verb

visualise

1. inflection of visualiser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative