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visual communication

visual communication

1 3.9
Using images and design to share information and ideas
  • noun
  • /ˈvɪʒuəl ˌkəmjunɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : comunicación visual
  • Effective visual communication helps businesses convey their brand message through engaging graphics and images.
  • a visual communication class

Examples

  • With this in mind, it is critical that written and visual communication effectively convey the intended messages and main themes of the exhibit.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Is it helping you "see differently" the world around you in terms of visual communication and design?

    Academic text (2014)
  • Like art, the medium of visual communication should be appropriate for the subject matter.

    Blog text (14)
  • I was at university, studying graphic design and visual communication.

    Blog text (20)
  • Since most of them have to do with visual communication, however, the book clearly would have benefited from more illustrations.

    Blog text (3)
  • Sketching for designers is visual communication, design communication.

  • Although all documents on secondary school art education emphasized the importance of visual communication, requirements outlined skills of realistic representation of form and space.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The visual arts-related knowledge also occurs as "visual communication" within the content description of many different disciplines in many other parts of the core curriculum.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Their conceptualization of visual literacy includes visual perception, visual language, visual learning, visual thinking, and visual communication.

    Academic text (2014)
  • As teachers search for ways to differentiate instruction, introduce visual communication as a tool for adjusting the content, process, and products of the teaching and learning environment to meet individual needs.

    Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

graphic design
vsvisual communication
15 3.5

The art of using pictures and words to show ideas clearly

is more general and covers any visual elements used to send information
pictography
vsvisual communication
  • Specialized
7.7

A way of sending messages or keeping records using pictures instead of words

is broader, including design and other visuals beyond methods using only pictures

How Informative

infographic
19 3.9
illustration
66 2.8
visual communication
  • Specialized
1 3.9
image
1.0
symbol
625 3.5
cue
224 3.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

visual + communication

The meaning 'transmission of information using visual elements' is directly and compositionally derived from 'visual' (related to sight) modifying 'communication' (exchanging information). This modifier–head noun pattern is regular in English and common across other languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The term visual communication comes from the simple idea of using pictures, signs, and designs to share a message. The visual part is what you see and the communication part is the message, so it means 'sending information with images and design'.