picture

Plural: pictures

Noun

• a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
  • "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"
• graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
  • "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
• a clear and telling mental image
  • "he described his mental picture of his assailant"
  • "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"
• a situation treated as an observable object
  • "the political picture is favorable"
• illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
  • "the dictionary had many pictures"
• a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
• the visible part of a television transmission
  • "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
• a graphic or vivid verbal description
  • "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"
  • "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"
• a typical example of some state or quality
  • "the very picture of a modern general"
  • "she was the picture of despair"
• a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
• A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
• An image; a representation as in the imagination.
• A painting.
• A photograph.
• A motion picture.
• ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
• A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
• An attractive sight.
• The art of painting; representation by painting.
• A figure; a model.
• Situation.
• A sample of an illegal drug.
• A format string in the COBOL programming language.

Verb

Verb Forms: pictured, picturing, pictures

• To create a visual representation or imagine something.
• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
• show in, or as in, a picture
• To represent in or with a picture.
• To imagine or envision.
• To depict or describe vividly.

Examples

• Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.
• He tried to PICTURE the final board layout before making his crucial move.
• I took a picture of the church.
• If you want me to buy your weed I’ll need a picture.
• Let's go to the pictures.
• She's the very picture of health.
• The employment picture for the older middle class is not so good.
• The garden is a real picture at this time of year.
• There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.
• You can't just look at the election, you've got to look at the big picture.

Synonyms

characterisation, characterization, delineation, depict, depiction, envision, exposure, fancy, figure, film, flick, icon, ikon, image, impression, mental picture, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, painting, photo, photograph, pic, pictorial matter, picture show, project, render, scene, see, show, video, visualise, visualize, word picture, word-painting, picture

Related Words

Wiktionary:Picture dictionary, canvas, depict, depiction, frame, gallery, out of the picture, pictorial, picture framing, picture postcard, picture tube, postcard, poster, pretty as a picture, tapestry, very picture of

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