"visual" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈvɪʒuːəl/ [UK], /ˈvɪzjuːəl/ [UK], /ˈvɪʒəl/ [UK], /ˈvɪʒuəl/ [US], /ˈvɪʒwəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-visual.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more visual [comparative], most visual [superlative]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|vysual}} Middle English vysual, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|LL.|visualis||of sight}} Late Latin visualis (“of sight”), {{der|en|la|visus||sight}} Latin visus (“sight”), {{m|la|videre||to see}} videre (“to see”), {{m|la|visus}} visus, {{m|en|visage}} visage Head templates: {{en-adj}} visual (comparative more visual, superlative most visual)
  1. Related to or affecting the vision. Translations (related to or affecting the vision): ὀπτικός (optikós) (Ancient Greek), بَصَرِيّ (baṣariyy) (Arabic), visual (Asturian), візуа́льны (vizuálʹny) (Belarusian), визуален (vizualen) (Bulgarian), зрителен (zritelen) (Bulgarian), visual (Catalan), zrakový (Czech), visuel (Danish), visueel (Dutch), visuaalinen (Finnish), visuel (French), visual (Galician), ვიზუალური (vizualuri) (Georgian), მხედველობითი (mxedvelobiti) (Georgian), ოპტიკური (oṗṭiḳuri) (Georgian), visuell (German), vizuális (Hungarian), vidala (Ido), visual (Indonesian), visuale (Italian), visualis (Latin), oculorum (Latin), visuell (Norwegian Bokmål), visuell (Norwegian Nynorsk), wizualny (Polish), visual (Portuguese), зри́тельный (zrítelʹnyj) (Russian), визуа́льный (vizuálʹnyj) (Russian), vidni (Serbo-Croatian), visual (Spanish), tanawin (Tagalog), зорови́й (zorovýj) (Ukrainian), візуа́льний (vizuálʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-visual-en-adj-3ig-KELa Disambiguation of 'related to or affecting the vision': 96 4
  2. (obsolete) That can be seen; visible. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-visual-en-adj-PpQSfFyH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 16 18 2 25 8 29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: visuall [obsolete, rare] Related terms: envisage, evidence, visage, visible, vision, visionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈvɪʒuːəl/ [UK], /ˈvɪzjuːəl/ [UK], /ˈvɪʒəl/ [UK], /ˈvɪʒuəl/ [US], /ˈvɪʒwəl/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-visual.wav [Southern-England] Forms: visuals [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weyd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|vysual}} Middle English vysual, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|LL.|visualis||of sight}} Late Latin visualis (“of sight”), {{der|en|la|visus||sight}} Latin visus (“sight”), {{m|la|videre||to see}} videre (“to see”), {{m|la|visus}} visus, {{m|en|visage}} visage Head templates: {{en-noun}} visual (plural visuals)
  1. Any element of something that depends on sight.
    Sense id: en-visual-en-noun-izz72wGQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 16 18 2 25 8 29
  2. An image; a picture; a graphic. Categories (topical): Visualization
    Sense id: en-visual-en-noun-yWDvAwr9 Disambiguation of Visualization: 7 15 13 25 9 20 11
  3. (in the plural) All the visual elements of a multimedia presentation or entertainment, usually in contrast with normal text or audio. Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-visual-en-noun-Yxccng~G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 16 18 2 25 8 29
  4. (advertising) A preliminary sketch. Categories (topical): Advertising
    Sense id: en-visual-en-noun-KDKq47o8 Topics: advertising, business, marketing
  5. (marching band) Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments.
    Sense id: en-visual-en-noun-L55~i~Qb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 16 18 2 25 8 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 22 15 2 16 8 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: visuall [obsolete, rare] Derived forms: have a visual on

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "A preliminary sketch."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "advertising",
          "advertising#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "preliminary",
          "preliminary"
        ],
        [
          "sketch",
          "sketch"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(advertising) A preliminary sketch."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "advertising",
        "business",
        "marketing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The visual where the trombone all threw their instruments into the air looked good.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "element",
          "element"
        ],
        [
          "show",
          "show"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "marching band",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(marching band) Any element of a show done by a marching band besides the marching and playing of instruments."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪʒuːəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪzjuːəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪʒəl/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪʒuəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɪʒwəl/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-visual.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-visual.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-visual.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-visual.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-visual.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "visuall"
    }
  ],
  "word": "visual"
}

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