adj
Meaning 1
Related to or affecting the vision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
visual
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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UK: /ˈvɪʒuːəl/
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UK: /ˈvɪzjuːəl/
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UK: /ˈvɪʒəl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /ˈvɪʒuəl/
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US: /ˈvɪʒwəl/
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CMU ARPABET: V IH1 ZH AH0 W AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
That can be seen; visible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any element of something that depends on sight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An image; a picture; a graphic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A preliminary sketch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: advertising, business, marketing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
Examples
- The visual where the trombone all threw their instruments into the air looked good.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 8
relating to or using sight
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- ocular inspection
- an optical illusion
- visual powers
- visual navigation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ocular, optic, optical
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
visible- Shakespeare
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- be sure of it; give me the ocular proof
- a visual presentation
- a visual image
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ocular
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English visual, from French visuel, visual and directly from Late Latin vīsuālis (“of sight”), from vīsus (“sight, vision”) + -ālis (“adjective suffix”), from vidēre (“to see, perceive; look (at)”); see visage. By surface analysis, Latin vīsus + -ual.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بَصَرِيّ (baṣariyy) — related to or affecting the vision
- Asturian: visual — related to or affecting the vision
- Belarusian: візуа́льны (vizuálʹny) — related to or affecting the vision
- Bulgarian: визуален (vizualen) — related to or affecting the vision
- Bulgarian: зрителен (zritelen) — related to or affecting the vision
- Catalan: visual — related to or affecting the vision
- Czech: zrakový — related to or affecting the vision
- Danish: visuel — related to or affecting the vision
- Dutch: visueel — related to or affecting the vision
- Finnish: visuaalinen — related to or affecting the vision
- French: visuel — related to or affecting the vision
- Galician: visual — related to or affecting the vision
- Georgian: ვიზუალური (vizualuri) — related to or affecting the vision
- Georgian: მხედველობითი (mxedvelobiti) — related to or affecting the vision
- Georgian: ოპტიკური (oṗṭiḳuri) — related to or affecting the vision
- German: visuell — related to or affecting the vision
- Greek: οπτικός (optikós) — related to or affecting the vision
- Ancient Greek: ὀπτικός (optikós) — related to or affecting the vision
- Hungarian: vizuális — related to or affecting the vision
- Ido: vidala — related to or affecting the vision
- Indonesian: visual — related to or affecting the vision
- Italian: visuale — related to or affecting the vision
- Latin: visualis — related to or affecting the vision
- Latin: oculorum — related to or affecting the vision
- Norwegian Bokmål: visuell — related to or affecting the vision
- Norwegian Nynorsk: visuell — related to or affecting the vision
- Polish: wizualny — related to or affecting the vision
- Portuguese: visual — related to or affecting the vision
- Russian: зри́тельный (zrítelʹnyj) — related to or affecting the vision
- Russian: визуа́льный (vizuálʹnyj) — related to or affecting the vision
- Serbo-Croatian: vidni — related to or affecting the vision
- Spanish: visual — related to or affecting the vision
- Tagalog: tanawin — related to or affecting the vision
- Turkish: görsel — related to or affecting the vision
- Ukrainian: зорови́й (zorovýj) — related to or affecting the vision
- Ukrainian: візуа́льний (vizuálʹnyj) — related to or affecting the vision
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