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Picture

noun

A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. Synonyms: icon, ikon, image. "A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"

Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface. Synonym: painting. "He bought the painting as an investment" , "His pictures hang in the Louvre"

A clear and telling mental image. Synonyms: impression, mental picture. "He had no clear picture of himself or his world" , "The events left a permanent impression in his mind"

A situation treated as an observable object. Synonym: scene. "The religious scene in England has changed in the last century"

Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text. Synonym: pictorial matter.

A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. Synonyms: film, flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show. "The film was shot on location"

The visible part of a television transmission. Synonym: video.

A graphic or vivid verbal description. Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word-painting, word picture. "The author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland" , "The pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"

A typical example of some state or quality. "She was the picture of despair"

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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. Synonyms: exposure, photo, photograph, pic.

verb

(past & past part. pictured; pres. part. picturing)

Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. Synonyms: envision, fancy, figure, image, project, see, visualise, visualize. "I can see what will happen" , "I can see a risk in this strategy"

Show in, or as in, a picture. Synonyms: depict, render, show. "The face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"