visual
Noun pluralvisuals
Pluralvisuals
- 1Having to do with seeing or with the eyes.
She has a visual problem and needs new glasses.
Movies create a strong visual experience for the audience.
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- 2A picture, image, or graphic used to show something.
The teacher added a colorful visual to explain the water cycle.
Every slide in the deck needs a clear visual to hold attention.
Similarimage, graphic, picture, illustration
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- 4A part of something that you take in by sight.
The dance relied on one striking visual after another.
Designers consider every visual a user meets on the page.
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- 6A part of a marching band show that is not the marching or the playing.
The band added a new visual with bright flags.
Each visual in the show matched the music perfectly.
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Less common meaning
- 7Able to be seen.
The far hills were barely visual in the thick fog.
Smoke made the road no longer visual to the drivers.
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Showing meanings only.
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Origin
It comes from Latin, from a word meaning 'to see' and its form meaning 'sight'.