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to visualize

to visualize

17 4.1
Make something able to be seen using tools like scanners
  • verb
  • /ˈvɪʒuəˌlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : visualizar
  • The doctor used a special scanner to visualize the patient's internal organs in real-time.
  • helps students visualize
  • visualized stricture
  • visualize data

The August edition of Reason Magazine visualizes our amazing, incredible, terrifying national debt.

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Examples

  • Once the data is selected, it is time to decide how to visualize it.

    Academic text (2011)
  • PCA is often used to visualize data patterns and explore data variance.

    Academic text (2017)
  • A word cloud is a fun way to visualize the key ideas in a primary source document.

    Academic text (2015)
  • First, you must decide on a subject or technique and visualize what you wish to photograph.

    Academic text (1994)
  • This simple example gives us a way to visualize convolution.

  • When you're looking at architecture, try to visualize the buildings as a whole.

  • I'm no historian, so I had to find a way to visualize how the history of ancient Egypt related to the events of the Bible.

  • Encourage classmates to ask questions of the group presenting and help them visualize ways to refine their designs.

    Academic text (2013)
  • From sketches and line drawings to painting and posters, illustrations help students visualize ideas and concepts.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Immediately after ingestion, Viewshare enables users to visualize data using a drag-and-drop view-building workspace.

    Academic text (2015)

Synonyms

to show
vsto visualize
1.0

To let others see or notice something

relies on technology or techniques rather than ordinary noticing or telling
to display
vsto visualize
439 1.9

To show something so other people can see it

focuses on technical or special methods rather than mere arrangement for viewing
to illustrate
vsto visualize
301 3.5

To explain something using pictures or examples

uses technical methods to make things physically visible rather than clarify by example
to depict
vsto visualize
176 3.5

To show something in a picture or in words

uses tools or scans to create representations instead of artistic or verbal ones
to image
vsto visualize
  • Specialized
14 6.5

To take a scan or picture of a body part to check for problems

is broader, including other technologies and techniques rather than only medical scanning

Antonyms

282 3.7

To hide something so others cannot see or find it

86 7.0

Make something hard to see or understand

How Clear

to reveal
2.3
to visualize
  • Specialized
17 4.1
to show
1.0
to indicate
834 2.7

Surface Forms

visualize infinitive
visualized past
visualised past
visualized past participle
visualised past participle
visualizing present participle
visualisations present participle
visualises third person singular

Morphology

visualize = visual (transparent) = visual + ize

The verb is a straightforward derivation 'visual' + '-ize' meaning 'make visual', which matches the technological sense of making something visible.

Etymology

Visualize comes from the part visual meaning 'related to seeing' and the ending -ize meaning 'make'. So to visualize something in this sense is to 'make it visible' to the eye, for example with images or scans that show things you could not see before.