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picture meaning and definition

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PICTURE noun

Definition of picture (noun)

  1. 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: icon, ikon, image
  2. 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
  3. 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: impression, mental picture
  4. 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
  5. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
  6. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
  7. the visible part of a television transmission
    • "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
    • synonyms: video
  8. a graphic or vivid verbal description
  9. a typical example of some state or quality
    • "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
  10. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

PICTURE verb

Definition of picture (verb)

  1. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
  2. 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
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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