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visualise

verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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1

verb

Meaning 1

Non-Oxford British spelling of visualize.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

make visible

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: visualize

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: change, alter, modify

3

verb

Meaning 3

imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I can't see him on horseback!
  • I can see what will happen
  • I can see a risk in this strategy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: visualize, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage

4

verb

Meaning 4

form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Mathematicians often visualize

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: visualize

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: imagine, conceive of, ideate, envisage

5

verb

Meaning 5

view the outline of by means of an X-ray

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The radiologist can visualize the cancerous liver

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: visualize

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: watch, view, see, catch, take in

Narrower terms: image

History

Etymology

From visual + -ise (a variant of -ize (suffix forming verbs denoting the doing or making of what is denoted by the adjectives or nouns to which it is attached)).