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picturea work of art, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.; portrait; movie; any visual image; a person or thing resembling another closely: the very picture of her mother Not to be confused with:pitcher – a container for holding and pouring liquids: a pitcher of cream; a person who pitches: a baseball pitcherpic·ture P0290900 (pĭk′chər)n.1. A visual representation or image painted, drawn, photographed, or otherwise rendered on a flat surface.2. A visible image, especially one on a flat surface or screen: the picture reflected in the lake; focused the picture on the movie screen.3. a. A vivid or realistic verbal description: a Shakespearean picture of guilt.b. A vivid mental image.4. A person or object bearing a marked resemblance to another: She's the picture of her mother.5. A person, object, or scene that typifies or embodies an emotion, state of mind, or mood: Your face was the very picture of horror.6. The chief circumstances of an event or time; the situation: How does the new boyfriend figure in the picture?7. A movie.8. A tableau vivant.tr.v. pic·tured, pic·tur·ing, pic·tures 1. To make a visible representation of: In this photo, the mayor is pictured with several aides.2. To form a mental image of; visualize: I pictured my grandfather as a young man coming to America.3. To describe vividly in words; make a verbal picture of: pictured their heroism in glowing language. [Middle English, from Latin pictūra, from pictus, painted, past participle of pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]picture (ˈpɪktʃə) n1. a. a visual representation of something, such as a person or scene, produced on a surface, as in a photograph, painting, etcb. (as modifier): picture gallery; picture postcard. pictorial2. a mental image or impression: a clear picture of events. 3. a verbal description, esp one that is vivid4. a situation considered as an observable scene: the political picture. 5. a person or thing that bears a close resemblance to another: he was the picture of his father. 6. a person, scene, etc, considered as typifying a particular state or quality: the picture of despair. 7. a beautiful person or scene: you'll look a picture. 8. (Broadcasting) a complete image on a television screen, comprising two interlaced fields9. (Film) a. a motion picture; filmb. (as modifier): picture theatre. 10. (Film) the pictures chiefly Brit and Austral a cinema or film show11. (Theatre) another name for tableau vivant12. get the picture informal to understand a situation13. in the picture informed about a given situationvb (tr) 14. to visualize or imagine15. to describe or depict, esp vividly16. (often passive) to put in a picture or make a picture of: they were pictured sitting on the rocks. [C15: from Latin pictūra painting, from pingere to paint]pic•ture (ˈpɪk tʃər) n., v. -tured, -tur•ing. n. 1. a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, or photograph. 2. any visible image, however produced. 3. a mental image. 4. a graphic or vivid account or description. 5. a tableau, as in theatrical representation. 6. a. motion picture (def. 2). b. pictures, Older Use. movie (defs. 2, 3). 7. a person, thing, group, or scene regarded as resembling a work of pictorial art in beauty, fineness of appearance, etc. 8. the image or perfect likeness of someone else: She is the picture of her father. 9. a visible or concrete embodiment of some quality or condition: the picture of health. 10. a situation or set of circumstances: the economic picture. 11. the image on a television screen, motion-picture screen, or computer monitor. v.t. 12. to represent in a picture or pictorially, as by painting or drawing. 13. to form a mental picture of; imagine. 14. to depict in words; describe graphically. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin pictūra the act of painting, a painting =pict(us) (past participle of pingere to paint) + -ura -ure] picture - Ultimately from Latin pingere, "paint."See also related terms for paint.picture Past participle: pictured Gerund: picturing
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I picture | you picture | he/she/it pictures | we picture | you picture | they picture |
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I pictured | you pictured | he/she/it pictured | we pictured | you pictured | they pictured |
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I am picturing | you are picturing | he/she/it is picturing | we are picturing | you are picturing | they are picturing |
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I have pictured | you have pictured | he/she/it has pictured | we have pictured | you have pictured | they have pictured |
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I was picturing | you were picturing | he/she/it was picturing | we were picturing | you were picturing | they were picturing |
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I had pictured | you had pictured | he/she/it had pictured | we had pictured | you had pictured | they had pictured |
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I will picture | you will picture | he/she/it will picture | we will picture | you will picture | they will picture |
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I will have pictured | you will have pictured | he/she/it will have pictured | we will have pictured | you will have pictured | they will have pictured |
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I will be picturing | you will be picturing | he/she/it will be picturing | we will be picturing | you will be picturing | they will be picturing |
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I will have been picturing | you will have been picturing | he/she/it will have been picturing | we will have been picturing | you will have been picturing | they will have been picturing |
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I had been picturing | you had been picturing | he/she/it had been picturing | we had been picturing | you had been picturing | they had been picturing |
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I would picture | you would picture | he/she/it would picture | we would picture | you would picture | they would picture |
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I would have pictured | you would have pictured | he/she/it would have pictured | we would have pictured | you would have pictured | they would have pictured | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | picture - a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"ikon, icon, imagebitmap, electronic image - an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixelschiaroscuro - a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same colorcollage, montage - a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image; "he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map"transparency, foil - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projectorcomputer graphic, graphic - an image that is generated by a computericonography - the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject; "religious iconography"; "the propagandistic iconography of a despot"inset - a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger onelikeness, semblance - picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thingcyclorama, diorama, panorama - a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scenereflection, reflexion - the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror"representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or somethingCAT scan, scan - an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"echogram, sonogram - an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs | | 2. | picture - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"paintingabstraction - an abstract paintingcityscape - painting depicting a city or urban areadaub - an unskillful paintingdistemper - a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binderfinger-painting - a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingersgraphic art - the arts of drawing or painting or printmakingikon, icon - a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Churchlandscape - painting depicting an expanse of natural sceneryminiature, illumination - painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)monochrome - painting done in a range of tones of a single colormural, wall painting - a painting that is applied to a wall surfacenude, nude painting - a painting of a naked human figureoil painting - a picture painted with oil paintspentimento - the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)sand painting - a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral backgroundwaterscape, seascape - a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape)semi-abstraction - a semiabstract paintingstill life - a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowerstanka - a Tibetan religious painting on fabrictrompe l'oeil - a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its realitywatercolor, water-color, watercolour, water-colour - a painting produced with watercolors | | 3. | picture - a clear and telling mental image; "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world"; "the events left a permanent impression in his mind"mental picture, impressionimage, mental image - an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate" | | 4. | picture - a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"scenesituation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt | | 5. | picture - illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures"pictorial matterillustration - artwork that helps make something clear or attractive | | 6. | picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show, film, flickproduct, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"sequence, episode - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a moviecredit - an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work; "the credits were given at the end of the film"subtitle, caption - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screencredits - a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)telefilm - a movie that is made to be shown on televisionscene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a filmfeature film, feature - the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'"final cut - the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producerhome movie - a film made at home by an amateur photographercollage film - a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footagecoming attraction - a movie that is advertised to draw customersshoot-'em-up - a movie featuring shooting and violenceshort subject - a brief film; often shown prior to showing the featuredocudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or eventcinema verite - a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a directorfilm noir - a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s"skin flick - a pornographic movierough cut - the first print of a movie after preliminary editingsilent movie, silent picture, silents - a movie without a soundtrackslow motion - a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster ratetalkie, talking picture - a movie with synchronized speech and singing3D, 3-D, three-D - a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearanceshow - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway"musical, musical comedy, musical theater - a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancingdub - provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign languagesynchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film"film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"videotape, tape - record on videotapereshoot - shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times" | | 7. | picture - the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"videotelecasting, television, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacsvisual communication - communication that relies on vision | | 8. | picture - 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"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-paintingdescription, verbal description - a statement that represents something in wordsepithet - descriptive word or phraseportrait, portraiture, portrayal - a word picture of a person's appearance and character | | 9. | picture - a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"typification, exemplification - a representational or typifying form or model | | 10. | picture - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive materialphoto, photograph, pic, exposurebeefcake - a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attireblack and white, monochrome - a black-and-white photograph or slideblueprint - photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.cheesecake - a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attirecloseup - a photograph taken at close rangedaguerreotype - a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vaporblowup, enlargement, magnification - a photographic print that has been enlargedframe - a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video filmglossy - a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paperheadshot - a photograph of a person's headhologram, holograph - the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holographylongshot - a photograph taken from a distancemicrodot - photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security)arial mosaic, photomosaic, mosaic - arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picturemug shot, mugshot - a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)photocopy - a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic workphotographic print, print - a printed picture produced from a photographic negativephotomicrograph - a photograph taken with the help of a microscoperadiograph, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph, radiogram - a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or somethingsnapshot, snap, shot - an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"spectrogram, spectrograph - a photographic record of a spectrumstereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picture, stereo - two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed togetherstill - a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad"telephoto, telephotograph - a photograph made with a telephoto lenstelephotograph - a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distancetime exposure - a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure timevignette - a photograph whose edges shade off graduallywedding picture - photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their weddingscene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film | Verb | 1. | picture - imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"envision, fancy, visualize, image, figure, visualise, see, projectrealize, see, understand, realise - perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea"visualise, visualize - form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; "Mathematicians often visualize"conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" | | 2. | picture - show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"depict, show, renderartistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"illustrate - depict with an illustrationmap - depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face" |
picturenoun1. representation, drawing, painting, portrait, image, print, illustration, sketch, portrayal, engraving, likeness, effigy, delineation, similitude drawing a small picture with coloured chalks2. photograph, photo, still, shot, image, print, frame, slide, snap, exposure, portrait, snapshot, transparency, enlargement I saw his picture in the paper.3. film, movie (U.S. informal), flick (slang), feature film, motion picture a director of epic pictures4. idea, vision, concept, impression, notion, visualization, mental picture, mental image I'm trying to get a picture of what kind of person you are.5. description, impression, explanation, report, account, image, sketch, depiction, re-creation I want to give you a clear picture of what we are trying to do.6. situation, case, set of circumstances, scenario, equation, plight, state of affairs, kettle of fish (informal) It's a similar picture across the border in Ethopia.7. personification, model, embodiment, soul, essence, archetype, epitome, perfect example, exemplar, quintessence, living example Six years after the operation, he remains a picture of health.verb1. imagine, see, envision, visualize, conceive of, fantasize about, conjure up an image of, see in the mind's eye She pictured herself working with animals.2. represent, show, describe, draw, paint, illustrate, portray, sketch, render, depict, delineate The goddess Demeter is pictured holding an ear of wheat.3. show, photograph, capture on film Betty is pictured here with her award.get the picture understand, follow, catch on (informal), get the message (informal), get the point, see what's going on, see daylight, get the drift (informal), understand what's what (informal) I think I'm beginning to get the picture.put someone in the picture inform, brief, fill someone in, keep someone posted, bring someone up to date, explain the situation to, bring someone up to speed (informal), give details to, explain the circumstances to I haven't had time to put him in the picture yet.Related words adjective pictorialQuotations "One picture is worth ten thousand words" [Frederick R. Barnard Printers' Ink]Proverbs "Every picture tells a story"picturenounOne exactly resembling another:double, duplicate, image, portrait, spitting image.Slang: ringer.verb1. To form mental images of:conceive, envisage, envision, fancy, fantasize, image, imagine, see, think, vision, visualize.Informal: feature.2. To present a lifelike image of:delineate, depict, describe, express, image, limn, portray, render, represent, show.Translationspicture (ˈpiktʃə) noun1. a painting or drawing. This is a picture of my mother. 畫 画2. a photograph. I took a lot of pictures when I was on holiday. 照片 照片3. a cinema film. There's a good picture on at the cinema tonight. 影片 影片4. (with the) a symbol or perfect example (of something). She looked the picture of health/happiness. 象徵,典型 象征,典型 5. (with a) a beautiful sight. She looked a picture in her new dress. 美景 美景6. a clear description. He gave me a good picture of what was happening. 真實寫照 真实写照 verb to imagine. I can picture the scene. 想像 想象put (someone) / be in the picture to give or have all the necessary information (about something). He put me in the picture about what had happened. 使某人對某事有身臨其境之感 使某人对某事有身临其境之感the pictures the cinema. We went to the pictures last night, but it wasn't a very good film. 電影 电影- Would you take a picture of us, please? → 请给我们拍张照片吧
picture See:- (as) pretty as a picture
- (one's) face is a picture
- a mixed picture
- a picture is worth a thousand words
- a picture of
- a picture paints a thousand words
- a/one side of the picture
- a/one side of the story
- a/one side of the story/picture
- be a picture
- be in the picture
- be out of the picture
- be the picture of (something)
- be the picture of health, happiness, etc.
- be/look a picture
- big picture
- Do I have to draw (you) a picture?
- Do I have to draw a picture?
- Do I have to draw you a picture?
- Do I have to paint (you) a picture?
- Do I have to paint a picture?
- Do I have to paint you a picture?
- Do I have to spell it out?
- every picture tells a story
- get the message
- Get the message?
- get the picture
- Get the picture?
- in the picture
- in the picture, be
- in/out of the picture
- keep (someone) in the picture
- look a picture
- one picture is worth a thousand words
- one picture paints a thousand words
- out of the picture
- paint a (some kind of) picture of (something)
- paint a black picture (of someone or something)
- paint a terrible, depressing, rosy, etc. picture
- picture (one) (doing something)
- picture (one) as (something)
- picture (someone or something) in(side) (of) (something)
- picture as
- picture in
- picture is worth a thousand words
- picture is worth a thousand words, one
- picture of
- picture of health
- picture of health, the
- picture perfect
- pretty as a picture
- put (someone) in the picture
- put someone in the picture
- put someone in the picture, to
- put/keep somebody in the picture
- take (one's) picture
- take a picture
- take a picture (of someone or something)
- take pictures
- the big picture
- the picture of (something)
- the picture of health
- the whole picture
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picture[′pik·chər] (computer science) In COBOL, a symbolic description of each data element or item according to specified rules concerning numerals, alphanumerics, location of decimal points, and length. (communications) The image on the screen of a television receiver. (graphic arts) The image produced by a photographic process. pictureIn programming, a pattern that describes the type of data allowed in a field or the way the data should be printed. The pattern is made up of a character code for each character in the field; for example, 9999 is a picture for four numeric digits. A picture for a telephone number could be (999) 999-9999. Three alphanumerics followed by three numeric digits might be XXX999. Pictures are similar, but not identical, in all programming languages. See also graphics and graphics formats.
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PictureDescribes bid and asked prices a broker quotes for a given security. Used for listed equity securities. Bid and ask prices and quantity information from a specialist or from a dealer regarding a particular security (i.e., "IBM's 1/4 to 1/2, 5m by 10m").PictureIn equities, the price at which a dealer or broker is willing to buy or sell a security. See also: Bid-ask spread.picture The bid and ask price at which a dealer is willing to buy or sell a security.See PIC See PCTpicture
Synonyms for picturenoun one exactly resembling anotherSynonyms- double
- duplicate
- image
- portrait
- spitting image
- ringer
verb to form mental images ofSynonyms- conceive
- envisage
- envision
- fancy
- fantasize
- image
- imagine
- see
- think
- vision
- visualize
- feature
verb to present a lifelike image ofSynonyms- delineate
- depict
- describe
- express
- image
- limn
- portray
- render
- represent
- show
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