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Picture

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Definitions for Picture

noun
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
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  1. they showed us the pictures of their wedding
  2. a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
noun
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
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  1. a small painting by Picasso
  2. he bought the painting as an investment
  3. his pictures hang in the Louvre
noun
a clear and telling mental image
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mental picture impression
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  1. he described his mental picture of his assailant
  2. he had no clear picture of himself or his world
  3. the events left a permanent impression in his mind
noun
a situation treated as an observable object
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  1. the political picture is favorable
  2. the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
noun
illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
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pictorial matter
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  1. the dictionary had many pictures
noun
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
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movie film moving picture moving-picture show motion picture motion-picture show picture show pic flick
Examples
  1. they went to a movie every Saturday night
  2. the film was shot on location
noun
the visible part of a television transmission
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  1. they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
noun
a graphic or vivid verbal description
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word picture word-painting delineation depiction characterization characterisation
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  1. too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures
  2. the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland
  3. the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters
noun
a typical example of some state or quality
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  1. the very picture of a modern general
  2. she was the picture of despair
noun
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
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verb
imagine
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  1. conceive of
  2. see in one's mind
  3. I can't see him on horseback!
  4. I can see what will happen
  5. I can see a risk in this strategy
verb
show in, or as in, a picture
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  1. This scene depicts country life
  2. the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting

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