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/ ˈpɪk tʃər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
any visible image, however produced: pictures reflected in a pool of water.
a mental image: a clear picture of how he had looked that day.
a particular image or reality as portrayed in an account or description; depiction; version.
a tableau, as in theatrical representation.
a movie: He signed a three-picture deal to star in the new franchise. pictures, Older Use .movies collectively, as an art; cinema: So, you want to be in pictures? a person, thing, group, or scene regarded as resembling a work of pictorial art in beauty, fineness of appearance, etc.: She was a picture in her new blue dress.
the image or perfect likeness of someone else: He is the picture of his father.
a visible or concrete embodiment of some quality or condition: the picture of health.
a situation or set of circumstances: the economic picture.
the image on a computer monitor, the viewing screen of a television set, or a motion-picture screen.
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (used with object), pic·tured, pic·tur·ing. to represent in a picture or pictorially, as by painting or drawing.
to form a mental picture of; imagine: He couldn't picture himself doing such a thing.
to depict in words; describe graphically: He pictured Rome so vividly that you half-believed you were there.
to present or create as a setting; portray: His book pictured the world of the future.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of picture First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English, from Latin pictūra “the act of painting, a painting,” equivalent to pict(us) (past participle of pingere “to paint” ) + -ūra noun suffix; see paint, -ure
SYNONYMS FOR picture 12, 14 delineate, paint, draw, represent.
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OTHER WORDS FROM picture pic·tur·a·ble, adjective pic·tur·a·ble·ness, noun pic·tur·a·bly, adverb pic·tur·er, noun
mis·pic·ture, verb (used with object), mis·pic·tured, mis·pic·tur·ing. self-pic·tured, adjective un·pic·tured, adjective
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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH picture picture , pitcherWords nearby picture pictography, Pictor, pictorial, pictorialism, pictorialize, picture , picture book, picture card, picture disc, picturegoer, picture hat
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Example sentences from the Web for picture Exclude the blue states, and the economic picture shifts dramatically.
An only-red-states America probably isn’t one Trump would actually like | Philip Bump| September 17, 2020| Washington Post
However, a complete picture of their clinical effect remains unclear.
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It also seems like the legacy of the Olympic Games is completely left out of the picture .
Want to Host the Olympics? Plan to Go Over Budget | Fiona Zublin| September 14, 2020| Ozy
Smith shared a picture of him setting next to Hubert—a monumental occasion considering the two hadn’t sat down with each other in 27 years.
‘Full Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air’ Cast Reunites To Celebrate The Show’s 30th Anniversary | Hope Wright| September 11, 2020| Essence.com
Those picture s can really boost your memory of this material.
Top 10 tips on how to study smarter, not longer | Kathiann Kowalski| September 9, 2020| Science News For Students
There is just no way of selling this picture with an innocent defense like, “she just asked for a snap.”
Buckingham Palace Disputes Sex Allegations Against Prince ‘Randy Andy’ | Tom Sykes| January 4, 2015| DAILY BEAST
I noticed a picture of her daughter, who was my classmate, and out of curiosity visited her page.
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We want to give the families and the other cops, too, as clear a picture as we can.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours | Michael Daly| December 31, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Elle magazine shot an editorial in September, one picture revealing a teacup pig sitting pretty by a mini Tyler Alexandra bag.
Handbags: The More You Pay, The Smaller They Shrink | Elizabeth Landers| December 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Then there was an event, an HRC event, and I took a picture with Monique, the actress and comedian.
How A Company’s Support of Gay Employees Helped One of Them To Come Out | | December 24, 2014| DAILY BEAST
The moon is still figured as a bull, but it is the idea of strength that is extracted from the picture and dwelt upon.
The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria | Morris Jastrow
They run away with me; I picture it to myself—this blessed thing—and I forget.
The Yellow House | E. Phillips Oppenheim
Then he took it into his head to go and copy a picture at the Louvre—an old master; in this he felt he could not go wrong.
The Martian | George Du Maurier
The object was a picture , the picture of a young man in the uniform of a captain in the German cuirassiers.
Stories That End Well | Octave Thanet
Lithotint, lith′o-tint, n. the process of producing coloured picture s from lithographic stones: a picture so produced.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) | Various
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British Dictionary definitions for picture noun a visual representation of something, such as a person or scene, produced on a surface, as in a photograph, painting, etc (as modifier ) picture gallery ; picture postcard Related adjective: pictorial a mental image or impression a clear picture of events
a verbal description, esp one that is vivid
a situation considered as an observable scene the political picture
a person or thing that bears a close resemblance to another he was the picture of his father
a person, scene, etc, considered as typifying a particular state or quality the picture of despair
a beautiful person or scene you'll look a picture
a complete image on a television screen, comprising two interlaced fields
a motion picture; film (as modifier ) picture theatre the pictures mainly British and Australian a cinema or film show
another name for tableau vivant
get the picture informal to understand a situation
in the picture informed about a given situation
SEE MORE SEE LESS verb (tr) to visualize or imagine
to describe or depict, esp vividly
(often passive) to put in a picture or make a picture of they were pictured sitting on the rocks
SEE MORE SEE LESS Word Origin for picture C15: from Latin pictūra painting, from pingere to paint
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Idioms and Phrases with picture In addition to the idiom beginning with picture
picture is worth a thousand words, one also see:
get the message (picture) in the picture pretty as a picture take a picture the picture SEE MORE ORIGINS SEE FEWER ORIGINS
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