Meaning of graphic in English
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Classifying Adjective
graphicDefinitions
1. written or drawn or engravedExamples
- « graphic symbols »
Synonyms
- 2. describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail
Examples
- « graphic sexual scenes »
Synonyms
- 3. evoking lifelike images within the mind
Examples
- « pictorial poetry and prose »
- « graphic accounts of battle »
- « a lifelike portrait »
- « a vivid description »
Synonyms
Qualitative Adjective
graphicEtymology
mid 17th century: via Latin from Greek graphikos, from graphē‘writing, drawing’Definitions
1. of or relating to the graphic artsExamples
- « the etchings, drypoints, lithographis, and engravings which together form his graphic work- Brit. Book News »
- 2. relating to or presented by a graph
Examples
- « a graphic presentation of the data »
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