Picture

Quick meaning: Picture is a noun meaning An image; a representation as in the imagination.

Meaning

An image; a representation as in the imagination.

More Meanings

1. A painting.
2. A photograph.
3. (in the plural, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
4. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
5. An attractive sight.
6. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
7. (dated or India) A motion picture.

Example Sentences

I took a picture of the church.

My eyes make pictures when they are shut.

There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.

Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.

Word Forms

• pictures
• picturing
• pictured

Synonyms for picture

Depending on context, synonyms include image, depict, fancy, project, show, see.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include impression, image, painting, depict, motion picture, movie.

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