visual

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English vysual, from Old French, from Late Latin visualis (of sight), from Latin visus (sight), from videre (to see), past participle visus; see visage.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɪʒuːəl/, /ˈvɪzjuːəl/, /ˈvɪʒəl/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɪʒuəl/, /ˈvɪʒwəl/

Adjective

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visual (comparative more visual, superlative most visual)

  1. Related to or affecting the vision.
    • 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
      Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close [] above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world—camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.
  2. (obsolete) That can be seen; visible.

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Noun

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visual (plural visuals)

  1. Any element of something that depends on sight.
    • 2016, S. C. Sterling, Teenage Degenerate, page 5:
      It wasn't the first time I pulled an all-nighter, but normally I was coming off an acid trip and still seeing visuals dancing around in my head.
  2. An image; a picture; a graphic.
  3. (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio.
  4. (advertising) A preliminary sketch.
  5. (marching band) Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments.
    The visual where the trombone all threw their instruments into the air looked good.

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Asturian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biˈswal/, [biˈswal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: vi‧sual

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visual (epicene, plural visuales)

  1. visual

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin visus.

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visual m or f (masculine and feminine plural visuals)

  1. visual

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Galician

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biˈswal/ [biˈs̺wɑɫ]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: vi‧sual

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visual m or f (plural visuais)

  1. visual

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Late Latin visualis (of sight), from Latin visus (sight).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [viˈsual]
  • Hyphenation: vi‧su‧al

Adjective

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visual

  1. visual
    1. related to or affecting the vision.
    2. that can be seen; visible.

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Occitan

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visual m (feminine singular visuala, masculine plural visuals, feminine plural visualas)

  1. visual

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Piedmontese

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visual f (plural visuaj)

  1. view

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visual

  1. visual

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.zuˈaw/ [vi.zʊˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /viˈzwaw/ [viˈzwaʊ̯]
 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: vi‧su‧al

Adjective

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visual m or f (plural visuais)

  1. visual

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Noun

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visual m (plural visuais)

  1. look, style
    Synonym: look

Further reading

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  • visual” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Late Latin visuālis, from Latin visus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /biˈswal/ [biˈswal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: vi‧sual

Adjective

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visual m or f (masculine and feminine plural visuales)

  1. visual

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