different between envisage vs visualise

English

Etymology

From French envisager, from en (“in”) + visage (“visage”); see English visage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?v?z?d?/, /?n?v?z?d?/

Verb

envisage (third-person singular simple present envisages, present participle envisaging, simple past and past participle envisaged)

1. To conceive or see something within one's mind; to imagine or envision.
   • 1860, James McCosh, The Intuitions of the Mind Inductively Investigated

     From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self.

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Further reading

• envisage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• envisage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Verb

envisage

1. first-person singular present indicative of envisager
2. third-person singular present indicative of envisager
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of envisager
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of envisager
5. second-person singular imperative of envisager

Anagrams

• vengeais

English

Alternative forms

• visualize (US)

Etymology

• visual +? -ise

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v????la?z/, /?v?zj??la?z/, /?v???la?z/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?v??u?la?z/, /?v??w?la?z/

Verb

visualise (third-person singular simple present visualises, present participle visualising, simple past and past participle visualised) (British spelling)

1. (transitive) To envisage, or form a mental picture of.

   Coordinate terms: audialize, auralize, olfactorize, tactilize

2. (transitive) To make (something) visible.

Related terms

• envisage
• evidence
• visage
• visible
• vision
• visionary
• visual
• visualization

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: visualisent, visualises

Verb

visualise

1. first-person singular present indicative of visualiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of visualiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of visualiser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of visualiser
5. second-person singular imperative of visualiser