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visualise

verb
1
British spelling of visualize, used outside Oxford-style spelling conventions.
"Try to visualise the finished room before you pick a paint colour."

How to Use Visualise

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSame word and meaning as visualize — just the common British spelling.

UK vs US

Both -ise and -ize spellings are accepted in British English; -ize is standard in American English.

Easily confused with

Word Forms

visualised past tense, visualises singular

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Try to _____ the finished room before you pick a paint colour.

Etymology

From visual + the suffix -ise, the everyday British alternative to -ize.

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