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VISUALISE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make visible

Example:

With this machine, ultrasound can be visualized

Synonyms:

visualise; visualize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "visualise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

Example:

I can see a risk in this strategy

Synonyms:

envision; fancy; figure; image; picture; project; see; visualise; visualize

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "visualise" is one way to...):

conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)

Verb group:

realise; realize; see; understand (perceive (an idea or situation) mentally)

visualise; visualize (form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract

Example:

Mathematicians often visualize

Synonyms:

visualise; visualize

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "visualise" is one way to...):

conceive of; envisage; ideate; imagine (form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case)

Verb group:

envision; fancy; figure; image; picture; project; see; visualise; visualize (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

visualisation (a mental image that is similar to a visual perception)

Sense 4

Meaning:

View the outline of by means of an X-ray

Example:

The radiologist can visualize the cancerous liver

Synonyms:

visualise; visualize

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "visualise" is one way to...):

catch; see; take in; view; watch (see or watch)

Domain category:

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "visualise"):

image (render visible, as by means of MRI)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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