Definition

To represent or illustrate something using pictures or images.

Example

The artist was able to pictorialize the beauty of nature in her paintings.

Tense Forms

Conversation

Have you seen the new art exhibit downtown?

Not yet, but I heard they pictorialize the city's history beautifully.

Yeah, I love how they pictorialize important events with such detail.

I can't wait to check it out and see how they did that!

Synonyms & Antonyms

Root Explanation

Pictorialize → It is formed from "pictorial" (from Latin "pictorius", meaning relating to painting or pictures) and "-ize" (a suffix used to form verbs meaning to make or to render). The word "pictorialize" means to make something pictorial or to render it in the form of pictures.

Memory Tip

Think of making something into a picture or visual representation — that's what pictorialize means.

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