picture

/pˈɪktʃɚ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
“they showed us the pictures of their wedding”
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
“a small painting by Picasso”
a clear and telling mental image
“he described his mental picture of his assailant”
a situation treated as an observable object
“the political picture is favorable”
illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
“the dictionary had many pictures”
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 visible part of a television transmission
“they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone”
a graphic or vivid verbal description
“too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures”
a typical example of some state or quality
“the very picture of a modern general”
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

verb

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