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Definitions for Pictures
[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.
[6] motion picture.
[7] pictures, Informal : Older Use . movies.
[8] 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.
[9] the image or perfect likeness of someone else: He is the picture of his father.
[10] a visible or concrete embodiment of some quality or condition: the picture of health.
[11] a situation or set of circumstances: the economic picture.
[12] the image on a computer monitor, the viewing screen of a television set, or a motion-picture screen.
[13] to represent in a picture or pictorially, as by painting or drawing.
[14] to form a mental picture of; imagine: He couldn't picture himself doing such a thing.
[15] to depict in words; describe graphically: He pictured Rome so vividly that you half-believed you were there.
[16] to present or create as a setting; portray: His book pictured the world of the future.
[17] a visual representation of something, such as a person or scene, produced on a surface, as in a photograph, painting, etc (as modifier ) picture gallery ; picture postcard Related adjective: pictorial
[18] a mental image or impression a clear picture of events
[19] a verbal description, esp one that is vivid
[20] a situation considered as an observable scene the political picture
[21] a person or thing that bears a close resemblance to another he was the picture of his father
[22] a person, scene, etc, considered as typifying a particular state or quality the picture of despair
[23] a beautiful person or scene you'll look a picture
[24] a complete image on a television screen, comprising two interlaced fields
[25] a motion picture; film (as modifier ) picture theatre
[26] the pictures mainly British and Australian a cinema or film show
[27] another name for tableau vivant
[28] get the picture informal to understand a situation
[29] in the picture informed about a given situation
[30] to visualize or imagine
[31] to describe or depict, esp vividly
[32] (often passive) to put in a picture or make a picture of they were pictured sitting on the rocks
Words related to Pictures
pictureimpression, photograph, copy, art, description, figure, image, account, sketch, cartoon, depiction, report, statue, portrayal, print, portrait, piece, painting, drawing, icon
Words nearby Pictures
picturepictography, pictor, pictorial, pictorialism, pictorialize, picture, picture book, picture card, picture disc, picture hat, picture house
Origin of Pictures
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin pictūra the act of painting, a painting, equivalent to pict(us ) (past participle of pingere to paint) + -ūra -ure
Words that may be confused with Pictures
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, picturepicture, pitcher
Other words from Pictures
pic·tur·a·ble , adjective
pic·tur·a·ble·ness , noun
pic·tur·a·bly , adverb
pic·tur·er , noun
mis·pic·ture , verb (used with object), mis·pic·tured, mis·pic·tur·ing.
self-pic·tured , adjective
un·pic·tured , adjective
Word origin for Pictures
C15: from Latin pictūra painting, from pingere to paint
Synonyms for Pictures
account, art, cartoon, copy, depiction, description, drawing, figure, icon, image, impression, painting, photo, photograph, piece, portrait, portrayal, print, report, sketch, statue, blueprint, canvas, delineation, doodle, double, draft, duplicate, effigy, engraving, outline, panorama, presentment, re-creation, replica, representation, ringer, similitude, simulacrum, spectacle, tableau, twin, lookalike, spitting image