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- pronunciation:
- vI
zhu
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- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Builder, Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
pertaining to sight or seeing.
Driving a racecar requires good visual skills. |
| definition 2: |
perceptible by the eye; visible.
Her visual presentation was very convincing.How does the brain process visual information? |
| definition 3: |
creating or pertaining to an image in the mind.
The description produced a strong visual impression. |
| definition 4: |
of or concerning the use of pictorial or graphic display for instructional purposes.
Visual aids help the students grasp the concepts being taught.- similar words:
- graphic
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adverb + (adj.)visual
primarily, purely
(adj.)visual
+ noun
acuity,
adaptation,
aid,
analog,
appeal,
art,
artist,
aspect,
blindness,
clue,
communication,
component,
contact,
contrast,
cortex,
cue,
culture,
deficit,
depiction,
disability,
display,
disturbance,
drama,
effect,
efficiency,
element,
equivalent,
examination,
expression,
feast,
feedback,
field,
function,
functioning,
hallucination,
handicap,
identification,
illusion,
image,
imagery,
imagination,
impact,
impairment,
information,
input,
inspection,
language,
learner,
learning,
literacy,
magnitude,
medium,
memory,
metaphor,
mode,
narrative,
object,
observation,
observer,
orientation,
perception,
performing,
pleasure,
poetry,
presentation,
processing,
pun,
recognition,
reference,
rehabilitation,
reminder,
representation,
signal,
skill,
stimulation,
stimulus,
supervisor,
symbol,
theatre,
vocabulary
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
(pl.) the pictorial characteristics of film, television, and the like.
It's a film that relies heavily on its visuals to create impact. |
The word visual
contains the following parts:
vid, vis, -vise
Latin
root
that means see
  Example words:
envision, evidence, evident, invisible, provide, provision, revise, television, video, visible, vision, visionary, visor, visual
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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