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Definition of 'picture' 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"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
Synonyms: image icon ikon - graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
Synonyms: painting - a clear and telling mental image; "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"
Synonyms: mental picture impression - a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
Synonyms: scene - illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures"
Synonyms: pictorial matter - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
Synonyms: movie film moving picture moving-picture show motion picture motion-picture show picture show pic flick - the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
Synonyms: video - a graphic or vivid verbal description; "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"
Synonyms: word picture word-painting delineation depiction characterization characterisation - a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
Verb
- imagine; 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"
Synonyms: visualize visualise envision project fancy see figure image - show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
Synonyms: depict render show
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