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| 1. | [ noun ] a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface | |
| Synonyms: | image ikon icon | |
| Examples: | "they showed us the pictures of their wedding" "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them" |
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| Related terms: | representation photograph collage drawing reflection sonogram inset panorama foil chiaroscuro iconography likeness bitmap cat_scan visualize | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (fine art) graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface | |
| Synonyms: | painting | |
| Examples: | "a small painting by Picasso" "he bought the painting as an investment" "his pictures hang in the Louvre" |
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| Related terms: | graphic_art watercolor portrait landscape oil_painting abstraction nude trompe_l'oeil miniature monochrome seascape semi-abstraction sand_painting pentimento mural icon distemper still_life finger_painting finger-painting cityscape tanka daub paint | |
| 3. | [ noun ] a clear and telling mental image | |
| Synonyms: | impression mental_picture | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | image visualize | |
| 4. | [ noun ] a situation treated as an observable object | |
| Synonyms: | scene | |
| Examples: | "the political picture is favorable" or "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" |
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| Related terms: | situation | |
| 5. | [ verb ] imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | |
| Synonyms: | see envision visualize fancy figure visualise image project | |
| Examples: | "I can't see him on horseback!" "I can see what will happen" "I can see a risk in this strategy" |
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| Related terms: | imagine understand visualise image mental_picture imagination illusion visionary visual_image fancy picturing figuration visualizer | |
| 6. | [ verb ] show in, or as in, a picture | |
| Synonyms: | show depict render | |
| Examples: | "This scene depicts country life" "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" |
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| Related terms: | represent illustrate map art pictorial_representation depicting | |
| 7. | [ noun ] (television) the visible part of a television transmission | |
| Synonyms: | video | |
| Examples: | "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" |
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| Related terms: | visual_communication TV | |
| 8. | [ noun ] illustrations used to decorate or explain a text | |
| Synonyms: | pictorial_matter | |
| Examples: | "the dictionary had many pictures" |
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| Related terms: | illustration | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (film,performing arts) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement | |
| Synonyms: | film movie motion_picture moving-picture_show picture_show motion-picture_show flick pic moving_picture | |
| Examples: | "they went to a movie every Saturday night" "the film was shot on location" |
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| Related terms: | show documentary silent_movie feature home_movie collage_film slow_motion 3D talking_picture rough_cut final_cut coming_attraction shoot-'em-up short_subject cinema_verite peepshow scene sequence subtitle credits credit film dub reshoot videotape synchronize film | |
| 10. | [ noun ] a graphic or vivid verbal description | |
| Synonyms: | characterization delineation depiction word-painting characterisation word_picture | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | description portrayal epithet specify qualify delineate | |
| 11. | [ noun ] (psychology) a typical example of some state or quality | |
| Examples: | "the very picture of a modern general" "she was the picture of despair" |
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| Related terms: | typification | |
| Similar spelling: |
pictured pictural piscatory picturing pictor piastre pictorial |
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