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 Definitions of Picture  [ˈpɪk tʃər]  

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Definition of 'Picture' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) picture
a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, or photograph.

2.  picture
any visible image, however produced.

3.  picture
a mental image.

4.  picture
a graphic or vivid account or description.

5.  picture
a tableau, as in theatrical representation.

6.  picture
Older Use.

7.  picture
a person, thing, group, or scene regarded as resembling a work of pictorial art in beauty, fineness of appearance, etc.

8.  picture
the image or perfect likeness of someone else:
She is the picture of her father.

9.  picture
a visible or concrete embodiment of some quality or condition:
the picture of health.

10.  picture
a situation or set of circumstances:
the economic picture.

11.  picture
the image on a television screen, motion-picture screen, or computer monitor.

12. (v.t.) picture
to represent in a picture or pictorially, as by painting or drawing.

13.  picture
to form a mental picture of; imagine.

14.  picture
to depict in words; describe graphically.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; late ME < L pictūra the act of painting, a painting =pict(us) (ptp. of pingere to paint ) +-ura-ure)

Definition of 'Picture' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) picture, image, icon, ikon
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"

2. (noun) painting, picture
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"

3. (noun) mental picture, picture, impression
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"

4. (noun) picture, scene
a situation treated as an observable object
"the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"

5. (noun) picture, pictorial matter
illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
"the dictionary had many pictures"

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

7. (noun) video, picture
the visible part of a television transmission
"they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"

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

9. (noun) picture
a typical example of some state or quality
"the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"

10. (verb) photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

11. (verb) visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
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"

12. (verb) picture, depict, render, show
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"


Definition of 'Picture' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) picture
a still image taken with a camera; = photograph
photographers taking pictures; a picture of his family

2.  picture
a drawing or painting
to draw/paint a picture; She took all the pictures off the wall.

3.  picture
an image or the quality of an image on a screen
pictures of marching soldiers on the news; The picture is all fuzzy.

4.  picture
an idea or description of what sth is like
A picture began to form in my mind of a handsome wealthy man.; The article paints a vivid picture of this beautiful place.

5.  picture
get the picture
to understand a situation
I've explained it enough - I think you get the picture.

6.  picture
in the picture/out of the picture
involved/not involved in a situation, sb's life, etc.
His girlfriend's not in the picture anymore.

7. (verb) picture
to imagine
I can't picture her with long hair.; Try to picture what it must be like being homeless.

8.  picture
to show in a photograph, drawing, etc.
the women pictured above


Definition of 'Picture' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Picture
the art of painting; representation by painting

2. (noun) Picture
a representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, produced by means of painting, drawing, engraving, photography, etc.; a representation in colors. By extension, a figure; a model

3. (noun) Picture
an image or resemblance; a representation, either to the eye or to the mind; that which, by its likeness, brings vividly to mind some other thing; as, a child is the picture of his father; the man is the picture of grief

4. (verb) Picture
to draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind


Translation of 'Picture' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a painting or drawing
This is a picture of my mother.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skildery, tekening Arabic flag Arabic: صورَة مَرسومَه، لَوْحَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: рисунка
Brazilian flag Brazilian: retrato Czech flag Czech: vyobrazení, obraz German flag German: das Bild
Danish flag Danish: billede; maleri; tegning Greek flag Greek: εικόνα, ζωγραφιά, πίνακας Spanish flag Spanish: pintura, cuadro, retrato
Estonian flag Estonian: pilt Farsi flag Farsi: تصویر Finnish flag Finnish: kuva
French flag French: peinture Hebrew flag Hebrew: צִיוּר Hindi flag Hindi: चित्र
Croatian flag Croatian: slika Hungarian flag Hungarian: kép Indonesian flag Indonesian: gambar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: mynd, málverk, teikning Italian flag Italian: quadro, ritratto, disegno Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 그림 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: paveikslas, piešinys, por Latvian flag Latvian: zīmējums; glezna; attēls
Malay flag Malay: gambar Dutch flag Dutch: afbeelding Norwegian flag Norwegian: bilde, maleri, tegning
Polish flag Polish: obraz Persian flag Persian: تصویر Pashto flag Pashto: انځوړ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: retrato Romanian flag Romanian: imagine; ta­blou Russian flag Russian: картина; портрет
Slovak flag Slovak: obraz Slovenian flag Slovenian: slika Serbian flag Serbian: slika
Swedish flag Swedish: bild, tavla, målning, por Thai flag Thai: ภาพวาด Turkish flag Turkish: resim
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese:  Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: портрет, зображення Urdu flag Urdu: خاکہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ảnh Chinese flag Chinese: 

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