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Verb: visualize  'vi-zhoo-u`lIz
  1. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
    "I can't visualize him on horseback!"
    - visualise [Brit], envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
     
  2. View the outline of by means of an X-ray
    "The radiologist can visualize the cancerous liver"
    - visualise [Brit]
     
  3. Form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract
    "Mathematicians often visualize"
    - visualise [Brit]
     
  4. Make visible
    "With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized"
    - visualise [Brit]

Derived forms: visualized, visualizing, visualizes

See also: visualization, visualizer

Type of: alter, catch, change, conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine, modify, see, take in, view, watch

Encyclopedia: Visualize