VISUAL | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Visual

Speech Type: Adjective

Etymology:

late Middle English (originally describing a beam imagined to proceed from the eye and make vision possible): from late Latin visualis, from Latin visus ‘sight’, from videre ‘to see’. The current noun sense dates from the 1950s

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈvɪzjʊəl
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈvɪʒʊəl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

relating to seeing or sight

Short Definition:

relating to seeing or sight

Examples:
  • visual perception

Word: Visual

Speech Type: Noun

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈvɪzjʊəl
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈvɪʒʊəl
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a picture, piece of film, or display used to illustrate or accompany something

Short Definition:

picture, piece of film, or display used to illustrate or accompany something

Examples:
  • the music should fit the visuals
  • colour visuals of today's models

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