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List of meaning for picture

representation of a visible reality produced by painting, drawing, photograph, etc.

picture, image, icon, ikon(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"

painting, picture(noun)

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"

mental picture, picture, impression(noun)

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"

picture, scene(noun)

a situation treated as an observable object

"the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"

picture, pictorial matter(noun)

illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

"the dictionary had many pictures"

movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick(noun)

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 film was shot on location"

video, picture(noun)

the visible part of a television transmission

"they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"

word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation(noun)

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"

picture(noun)

a typical example of some state or quality

"the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"

photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic(verb)

a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image(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"

picture, depict, render, show(verb)

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"

a two-dimensional design intended to look like a person or thing

using only watercolors, she produced a strikingly lifelike picture of her mother

a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track

the actor's latest picture is another thriller

a vivid representation in words of someone or something

the newspaper report gives a detailed picture of the current situation in that troubled country

position with regard to conditions and circumstances

when personal opinion becomes part of the picture, the journalist isn't just reporting the news

something or someone that strongly resembles another

the young teen is the very picture of her mother

something imagined or pictured in the mind

I think I get the picture: you want me to leave

the art or business of making a movie

hoping for a career in pictures

to present a picture of

the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence

to form a mental picture of

could easily picture the mining town from the vivid description of it in the author's memoirs

to give a representation or account of in words

pictured the sailing ship in vivid language

to make a representation of by producing lines on a surface

the next assignment is to picture your own face using colored pencils

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