Basic Details
Word: Visualising
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Forming a picture of something in your mind.
Synonyms: imagining, picturing, envisaging
How to Spell Visualising
Syllables: vis - u - al - is - ing
Tricky part: Visual ends in -ual, and the e of visualise drops before -ing. Students write visulising, missing the a, or visualiseing.
Watch out for: visulising, visualiseing, vizualising
Memory tip: Start with visual, the word for anything to do with seeing, then add ising: visual + ising. No letter of visual changes.
Usage Examples
Example 1: Visualising the map of India helped me remember where each state lies.
Example 2: Before her speech, Naina sat quietly, visualising the audience smiling at her jokes.
Example 3: Architects spend hours visualising a building before they draw a single line.
Fun Fact
Many coaches ask athletes to practise by visualising: a high jumper may picture every step of the run-up before moving at all.
Practise the CREST Way
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
The diver stood still on the high board, ilsuvisgian the perfect dive in her head.
a) visualising
b) visualisation
c) vocalising
d) revitalising
Show answer
a) visualising. There is no t or o for visualisation, no r or e for revitalising, and vocalising would need an o and a c.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
visualiseing
a) u
b) g
c) a
d) e
Show answer
d) e. Visualise drops its final e before -ing, just as smile does in smiling.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. memmorising 2. visualising 3. consentrating 4. analising
a) examining something in detail
b) forming a picture in the mind
c) learning something so you can remember it exactly
d) giving all your attention to something
Show answer
b) forming a picture in the mind. Memorising has one m in the middle, concentrating has a c after con, and analysing has a y.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When you are visualising a beach, you are ____.
a) reading a book about it
b) swimming in its waves
c) drawing it on paper
d) picturing it in your mind
Show answer
d) picturing it in your mind
2. Visualising is closest in meaning to ____.
a) imagining
b) whispering
c) forgetting
d) measuring
Show answer
a) imagining
