Visual definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Visual means relating to sight, or to things that you can see. ...the graphic visual depiction of violence. ...music, film, dance, and the ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus Thesaurus AmericanThesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Definitionof 'visual'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× visual (vɪʒuəl ) Wordforms:pluralvisuals 1. adjective[usuallyADJECTIVEnoun] Visualmeansrelatingtosight,ortothingsthatyoucansee. ...thegraphicvisualdepictionofviolence. ...music,film,dance,andthevisualarts. ...visualjokes. visually adverb[usuallyADVERBadjective]Thecoloursweseevisuallyaffectus. 2. countablenoun Avisualissomethingsuchasapicture,diagram,orpieceoffilmthatisusedtoshoworexplainsomething. Rememberyouwantyourvisualstoreinforceyourmessage,notdetractfromwhatyou aresaying. MoreSynonymsofvisual COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof visual Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'visual' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'visual' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'aubade' HindiTranslationof'visual' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency visualinBritishEnglish (ˈvɪʒʊəl ,-zjʊ-) adjective1. of,relatingto,doneby,orusedinseeing visualpowers visualsteering 2. anotherwordforoptical 3. capableofbeingseen;visible 4. of,occurringas,orinducedbyamentalimage noun5. asketchtoshowtheproposedlayoutofanadvertisement,asinanewspaper 6. (oftenplural) aphotograph,film,orotherdisplaymaterial CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Derivedformsvisually(ˈvisually)adverb WordoriginC15:fromLateLatinvīsuālis,fromLatinvīsussight,fromvidēretosee WordFrequency visualinAmericanEnglish (ˈvɪʒuəl ) adjective1. a.  of,connectedwith,orusedinseeing b.  basedon,designedfor,orcontrolledbytheuseofsight visualflightrules 2.  thatisorcanbeseen;visible 3.  of,havingthenatureof,oroccurringasamentalimage,orvision 4. Optics optical noun5.  afilmclip,stillphotograph,etc.asusedinadocumentaryfilm,TVnewsbroadcast,etc. 6. [pl.] thevisualelementsofafilm,TVpresentation,etc.,asdistinctfromtheaccompanyingsound Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. Derivedformsvisually(ˈvisually) adverb WordoriginME