picture

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picture

A child draws a picture of a house with crayons.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A visual representation: An image created by drawing, painting, photography, or other visual media.
    • A mental image: A clear idea or impression formed in the mind.
    • A description in words: A vivid verbal account that creates a strong mental image.
    • A situation or set of circumstances: The overall state of affairs regarding a particular subject.
    • A film or movie: A story told through moving images; a motion picture.
    • A perfect example: A person or thing that perfectly represents a particular quality or state.

  2. Verb:

    • To represent visually: To show someone or something in a picture, painting, or photograph.
    • To imagine: To form a mental image of something.
Usage and Examples

  • Noun:

    • She painted a beautiful picture of the mountains. (A visual representation)
    • The book gives a grim picture of life during the war. (A description)
    • What's the current economic picture? (The overall situation)
    • We watched a picture at the cinema last night. (A film)
    • After his vacation, he was the picture of health. (A perfect example)

  • Verb:

    • The artist pictured the village in the spring. (Represented visually)
    • Can you picture yourself living in another country? (Imagine)
Advanced Usage
  • "To be/look the picture of...": To be a perfect example of a particular quality, often good health or happiness.
    • Despite the long journey, she was the picture of calm.
  • "To put/keep someone in the picture": To give someone all the necessary information about a situation.
    • Before the meeting, the manager put us in the picture about the new client.
  • "To be out of the picture": To no longer be involved in or relevant to a situation.
    • Now that the main investor is out of the picture, the project's future is uncertain.
Variants and Related Words
  • Pictorial (adj): Relating to or consisting of pictures.
    • The book has excellent pictorial guides to the birds.
  • Picturesque (adj): Visually attractive, especially in a quaint or charming way.
    • We stayed in a picturesque little village by the sea.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Image, photograph, painting, depiction, scene, film, movie, representation.
  • Verb: Depict, portray, represent, visualize, imagine, envision.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions
  • Picture something as...: To imagine or think of something in a particular way.
    • He always pictured his retirement as a time of travel.
  • Picture someone doing something: To form a mental image of someone involved in an action.
    • I can't picture her working in an office.
Idioms
  • A pretty picture: A pleasant or satisfactory situation (often used in the negative).
    • The financial report did not paint a pretty picture for the company.
  • Get the picture: To understand the situation.
    • After his explanation, I finally got the picture.
  • In the picture: Involved in or informed about a situation.
    • Is the new director in the picture about the budget issues?
picture

A child draws a picture of a house with crayons.

Noun
  1. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
  2. a typical example of some state or quality
    • the very picture of a modern general
    • she was the picture of despair
  3. 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
  4. the visible part of a television transmission
    • they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
  5. 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
  6. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
    • the dictionary had many pictures
  7. a situation treated as an observable object
    • the political picture is favorable
    • the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  1. 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
  2. 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

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