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Meaning of picture in English
Pronunciation
/ˈpɪk(t)ʃər/
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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.
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
5.
illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
Examples
« the dictionary had many pictures »
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 »
7.
the visible part of a television transmission
Examples
« they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone »
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 »
9.
a typical example of some state or quality
Examples
« the very picture of a modern general »
« she was the picture of despair »