1. To form a mental visual image of something.
2. To render information or a process in a visible form for examination or communication.
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Words that belong together
- visualize a scene
- visualize a route
On the page
The description helped the reader visualize the scene without listing every object.
She visualized the route before attempting to explain the turns.
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Word forms
- Base
- visualize
- Past tense
- visualized
- Past participle
- visualized
- Present participle
- visualizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- visualize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are visualizing
- Present perfect
- have/has visualized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been visualizing
- Past
- visualized
- Past continuous
- was/were visualizing
- Past perfect
- had visualized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been visualizing
- Future
- will visualize
- Future continuous
- will be visualizing
- Future perfect
- will have visualized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been visualizing
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: visualize; visualizes; visualized; visualized; visualizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: narrative transformation, conception and possibility, memory representation, anticipatory detail. Disciplines: literary writing, advanced general English, narrative analysis. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: visualizes.
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