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picture meaning and definition
Definition and meaning of picture at MeaningMonkey.org. picture meaning and definition in the English Dictionary.PICTURE noun
Definition of picture (noun)
- a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- 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: impression, mental picture
- 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 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"
- synonyms: film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show
- 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: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting
- a typical example of some state or quality
- "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
- a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
- synonyms: exposure, photo, photograph, pic
PICTURE verb
Definition of picture (verb)
- imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- show in, or as in, a picture
Source: Princeton University Wordnet