Picture (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a visual representation of a person, object, or scene, as a painting, drawing, photograph, etc.: I carry a picture of my grandchild in my wallet.
  2. any visible image, however produced: pictures reflected in a pool of water.
  3. a mental image: a clear picture of how he had looked that day.
  4. a particular image or reality as portrayed in an account or description; depiction; version.
  5. a tableau, as in theatrical representation.
    • a movie: He signed a three-picture deal to star in the new franchise.
    • movies collectively, as an art; cinema: So, you want to be in pictures?
  7. a person, thing, group, or scene regarded as resembling a work of pictorial art in beauty, fineness of appearance, etc.: She was a picture in her new blue dress.
  8. the image or perfect likeness of someone else: He is the picture of his father.
  9. a visible or concrete embodiment of some quality or condition: the picture of health.
  10. a situation or set of circumstances: the economic picture.
  11. the image on a computer monitor, the viewing screen of a television set, or a motion-picture screen.
verb (used with object), pic·tured, pic·tur·ing.
  1. to represent in a picture or pictorially, as by painting or drawing.
  2. to form a mental picture of; imagine: He couldn't picture himself doing such a thing.
  3. to depict in words; describe graphically: He pictured Rome so vividly that you half-believed you were there.
  4. to present or create as a setting; portray: His book pictured the world of the future.
noun
    • a visual representation of something, such as a person or scene, produced on a surface, as in a photograph, painting, etc
    • (as modifier)
  2. a mental image or impression
  3. a verbal description, esp one that is vivid
  4. a situation considered as an observable scene
  5. a person or thing that bears a close resemblance to another
  6. a person, scene, etc, considered as typifying a particular state or quality
  7. a beautiful person or scene
  8. a complete image on a television screen, comprising two interlaced fields
    • a motion picture; film
    • (as modifier)
  10. a cinema or film show
  11. another name for tableau vivant
  12. to understand a situation
  13. informed about a given situation
verb (tr)
  1. to visualize or imagine
  2. to describe or depict, esp vividly
  3. to put in a picture or make a picture of
Picture (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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