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Meaning of picture in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈpɪk(t)ʃər/

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  1. Verb

    picture

    Definitions

    1. imagine

    Examples

    • « 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 »
  2. 2. show in, or as in, a picture

    Examples

    • « This scene depicts country life »
    • « the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting »
  3. Noun

    picture

    Etymology

    late Middle English: from Latin pictura, from pict-‘painted’ (from the verb pingere)

    Definitions

    1. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

    Examples

    • « they showed us the pictures of their wedding »
    • « a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them »
  4. 2. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

    Examples

    • « a small painting by Picasso »
    • « he bought the painting as an investment »
    • « his pictures hang in the Louvre »
  5. 3. a clear and telling mental image

    Examples

    • « 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 »
  6. 4. a situation treated as an observable object

    Examples

    • « the political picture is favorable »
    • « the religious scene in England has changed in the last century »
  7. 5. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

    Examples

    • « the dictionary had many pictures »
  8. 6. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

    Examples

    • « they went to a movie every Saturday night »
    • « the film was shot on location »
  9. 7. the visible part of a television transmission

    Examples

    • « they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone »
  10. 8. a graphic or vivid verbal description

    Examples

    • « 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 »
  11. 9. a typical example of some state or quality

    Examples

    • « the very picture of a modern general »
    • « she was the picture of despair »

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