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Quick definitions from WordNet (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")
▸ noun: a typical example of some state or quality ("The very picture of a modern general")
▸ noun: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text ("The dictionary had many pictures")
▸ noun: a situation treated as an observable object ("The political picture is favorable")
▸ noun: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface ("His pictures hang in the Louvre")
▸ noun: a clear and telling mental image ("He described his mental picture of his assailant")
▸ noun: the visible part of a television transmission ("They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone")
▸ noun: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
▸ noun: a graphic or vivid verbal description ("Too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures")
▸ verb: show in, or as in, a picture
▸ verb: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
▸ Also see picturing
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▸ Idioms related to picture (New!)
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▸ 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")
▸ noun: a typical example of some state or quality ("The very picture of a modern general")
▸ noun: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text ("The dictionary had many pictures")
▸ noun: a situation treated as an observable object ("The political picture is favorable")
▸ noun: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface ("His pictures hang in the Louvre")
▸ noun: a clear and telling mental image ("He described his mental picture of his assailant")
▸ noun: the visible part of a television transmission ("They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone")
▸ noun: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
▸ noun: a graphic or vivid verbal description ("Too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures")
▸ verb: show in, or as in, a picture
▸ verb: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
▸ Also see picturing
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to picture
▸ Usage examples for picture
▸ Idioms related to picture (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing picture
▸ Words that often appear near picture
▸ Rhymes of picture
▸ Invented words related to picture