visual English · revision 4815

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1415|origins=la-lat visualis}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈvɪʒ.u.əl/, /ˈvɪz.ju.əl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|visual]], [[bor|la-lat|vīsuālis|t=of sight]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from Latin vīsus “sight”, past participle of vidēre “to see”,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) and the suffix [[-al]].^(Barnhart 1988) It is related to [[vision]], [[visible]] and [[wit]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Coming from the eye, said of a beam thought to go from the eye to the thing seen: 1412–20 in the OED, in Lydgate's Troy Book.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Visible, perceptible by sight, is from the late 15th century,^(Etymonline) and relating to the power of sight from 1603.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) Knowledge gained by sight is from 1651,^(OED 1989) and done by sight alone from 1849.^(OED 1989) The noun first meant a ray from the eye (1726);^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) a picture, film or display, often ''visuals'', is from 1951.^(Barnhart 1988) ''Visualize'' is from 1817 and ''visualization'' from 1883.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1412–20 – of a beam from the eye.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1603 – relating to sight.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1726 – noun, a visual ray.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1817 – ''visualize''.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1951 – noun, a picture or display.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Relating to [[sight]] or seeing.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Able to be seen; using images.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(often plural)'' A picture, [[chart]] or film used to show or explain something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[visually]]

+ * [[audiovisual]]

+ * [[nonvisual]]

+ * [[visualize]]

+ * [[subvisual]]

+ * [[supervisual]]

+ * [[televisual]]

+ * [[unvisual]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[envisage]]

+ * [[evidence]]

+ * [[visage]]

+ * [[visible]]

+ * [[vision]]

+ * [[visionary]]

+ * [[wit]]

+ * [[video]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}