Visualized

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. The process of forming a mental image or representation based on information
2. The act of conceptualizing or illustrating ideas in one's mind to better understand them
3. Created a mental picture or scenario in the mind ; depicted or portrayed something through images or diagrams

Etymology: Visualized is simply the past tense and past participle of "visualize," so its story is really the story of the verb. "Visualize" is formed from "visual" plus the suffix "-ize," which turns an adjective or noun into a verb meaning to make or do what that base describes. "Visual" comes from the Latin "visualis," itself built on "visus," the past participle of "videre," to see. The suffix "-ize" traces back through Latin and Greek, where it was used to form verbs such as "baptizein" and "organizein," and English adopted it freely for new coinages. Because the verb is built directly from "visual," its sense stays close to the idea of seeing. To visualize something is to make a picture of it in the mind, or to form a mental image of something not present, which is exactly what the past form reports: the picture was already formed.

Synonyms: imagined, envisioned, conceived

Antonyms: misunderstood, ignored