Noun
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a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide
recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
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a typical example of some state or quality
"the very picture of a modern general"
"she was the picture of despair"
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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"
- word picture - word painting -
the visible part of a television transmission
"they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
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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"
- moving picture - moving picture show - motion picture - motion picture show - picture show -
illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
"the dictionary had many pictures"
- pictorial matter -
a situation treated as an observable object
"the political picture is favorable"
"the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
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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"
- mental 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"
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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"
Verb
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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"
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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"