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picture
1 countable a drawing, painting, or photographI noticed a picture on the dining-room wall. a children’s book with bright colourful pictures picture of: She showed me a picture of the house where she was born. a picture of a peaceful country scene draw/paint a picture: She asked children to draw pictures of their family. take a picture (=to use a camera to produce a photograph): I’ll stand over here, and you can take the picture. Synonyms and related words
General words for works of art and pictures 1a an image on a television, video, or computer screenSome viewers are suffering from poor picture quality on all channels. Synonyms and related words
General words for works of art and pictures 1b an image in your mindI have such happy pictures in my mind of those times. a mental picture: She had a mental picture of Samuel’s face. Synonyms and related words
Thoughts, ideas and beliefs
2 countable usually singulara description or idea of what someone or something is likepicture of: My friends had a rather distorted picture of my life. paint a picture (of something) (=give a description): The report paints a rather gloomy picture of life in the inner cities. Synonyms and related words
Adjectives frequently used with picture ▪ accurate, bleak, clear, complete, confused, detailed, full, gloomy, moving, overall, vivid Verbs frequently used with picture as the object ▪ convey, create, give, paint, present, provide, show
3 countable mainly Americana filmIt won the award for Best Picture. Synonyms and related words 3a the pictures plural old-fashionedthe cinemaSynonyms and related words
Cinema and the film industry the BFI the big screen Bollywood
4 singular a situationThe picture has changed a lot in the last couple of weeks. The general picture was one of neglect and decline. Synonyms and related words
General words for situations and circumstances situation circumstance conditions 5 a picture is worth a thousand wordsused for saying that you can communicate more with an image than with a long explanationIf ever there was proof that a picture is worth a thousand words, that photo on the front page of every newspaper was it. Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 04/02/2020
be/look a picture the big/wider picture get the picture out of the picture put someone in the picture a/the picture of something
picture
1 countable a drawing, painting, or photographI noticed a picture on the dining room wall. a children’s book with bright colorful pictures picture of: She showed me a picture of the house where she was born. a picture of a peaceful country scene draw/paint a picture: She asked children to draw pictures of their family. take a picture (=to use a camera to produce a photograph): I’ll stand over here, and you can take the picture. Synonyms and related words
General words for works of art and pictures 1a an image on a television, video, or computer screenSome viewers are suffering from poor picture quality on all channels. Synonyms and related words
General words for works of art and pictures 1b an image in your mindI have such happy pictures in my mind of those times. a mental picture: She had a mental picture of Samuel’s face. Synonyms and related words
Thoughts, ideas and beliefs
2 singular a situationThe economic picture has changed a lot in the last couple of weeks. The general picture was one of neglect and decline. Synonyms and related words
General words for situations and circumstances situation circumstance conditions 3 countable usually singulara description or idea of what someone or something is likepaint a picture (of something) (=give a description): The report paints a rather gloomy picture of life in the inner cities. picture of: My friends had a very distorted picture of my life. Synonyms and related words
Adjectives frequently used with picture ▪ accurate, bleak, clear, complete, confused, detailed, full, gloomy, moving, overall, vivid Verbs frequently used with picture as the object ▪ convey, create, give, paint, present, provide, show
4 countable a movieIt won the award for Best Picture. Synonyms and related words
Movies and types of movie 4a the pictures plural old-fashionedthe moviesSynonyms and related words
Movies and the movie industry the big screen Bollywood celluloid
5 a picture is worth a thousand wordsused for saying that you can communicate more with an image than with a long explanationIf ever there was proof that a picture is worth a thousand words, that photo on the front page of every newspaper was it. Submitted from:
United Kingdom on 04/02/2020
be/look a picture the big/wider picture get the picture out of the picture put someone in the picture a/the picture of something
picture
verb transitive UK /ˈpɪktʃə(r)/ 1 to imagine somethingShe smiled involuntarily as she pictured the scene. Try to picture what life was like back in those days. picture someone/yourself doing something: I pictured myself lying in the sun, a cool drink in my hand. picture someone/something as something: It was hard to picture him as a responsible husband and father. Synonyms and related words
To imagine, or to use your imagination 2 to show someone in a photograph, painting etcShe is pictured on the magazine’s front cover, talking to the Queen. Pictured above are some of the clothes from the new collection. Synonyms and related words
To create images on paper and canvas
picture
verb transitive US /ˈpɪktʃər/ 1 to imagine somethingShe smiled involuntarily as she pictured the scene. Try to picture what life was like back in those days. picture someone/yourself doing something: I pictured myself lying in the sun, a cool drink in my hand. picture someone/something as something: It was hard to picture him as a responsible husband and father. Synonyms and related words
To imagine, or to use your imagination 2 to show someone in a photograph, painting, etc.She is pictured on the magazine’s front cover. Pictured above are some of the clothes from the new collection. Synonyms and related words
To create images on paper and canvas
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