# visual

Pronunciation: say "VIZH-oo-uhl" US /ˈvɪʒuəl/, UK /ˈvɪʒuːəl/

## Adjective

1. Relating to or affecting the sense of sight.
   - Simple: Having to do with seeing or with the eyes.
   - _The museum designed a rich visual display for younger visitors._
   - _Visual impairment can make reading small road signs difficult._

## Noun

2. An image, picture, or graphic, especially one used to convey information.
   - Simple: A picture, image, or graphic used to show something.
   - _The report's editor swapped the dense table for a single striking visual._
   - _Designers prepared several visuals to accompany the magazine article._
3. The picture and video components of a multimedia presentation, as distinct from the text or the audio.
   - Simple: The picture and video parts of a show, not the sound or words.
   - _The concert's visual was as bold as the music, with lasers sweeping the arena._
   - _Reviewers complained that the streaming service compressed the visuals too heavily._
4. Any part of a work or presentation that is meant to be seen, such as an image or lighting effect.
   - Simple: A part of something that you take in by sight.
   - _The stage director treated each lighting cue as a visual worth perfecting._
   - _The app's onboarding leans on simple visuals rather than long instructions._
5. A preliminary sketch, especially one showing a proposed design or layout for a project.
   - Simple: A first rough drawing of an idea, made before the final version.
   - _The agency pitched three visuals for the holiday campaign._
   - _She sketched a rough visual to show where the headline would sit._
6. An element of a marching band show apart from the marching and the playing of instruments.
   - Simple: A part of a marching band show that is not the marching or the playing.
   - _The drum major cued the next visual as the brass swelled._
   - _Judges scored the band's visuals alongside its musical performance._

## Adjective

7. Able to be seen; visible. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Able to be seen.
   - _The distant tower was scarcely visual through the morning haze._
   - _No star was visual on that heavily clouded night._

## Origin

It came through Middle English 'vysual' and Old French from Late Latin 'visualis' ('of sight'), from Latin 'visus' ('sight'), from 'videre' ('to see').

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/visual (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).