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pic·ture  (pkchr)

n.

1. A visual representation or image painted, drawn, photographed, or otherwise rendered on a flat surface.

2. A visible image, especially one on a flat surface or screen: the picture reflected in the lake; focused the picture on the movie screen.

3.

a. A vivid or realistic verbal description: a Shakespearean picture of guilt.

b. A vivid mental image.

4. A person or object bearing a marked resemblance to another: She's the picture of her mother.

5. A person, object, or scene that typifies or embodies an emotion, state of mind, or mood: Your face was the very picture of horror.

6. The chief circumstances of an event or time; a situation.

7. A movie.

8. A tableau vivant.

tr.v. pic·tured, pic·tur·ing, pic·tures

1. To make a visible representation of.

2. To form a mental image of; visualize.

3. To describe vividly in words; make a verbal picture of: pictured their heroism in glowing language. See Synonyms at represent.

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[Middle English, from Latin pictra, from pictus, painted, past participle of pingere, to paint; see peig- in Indo-European roots.]

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picture

Noun

1. a visual representation produced on a surface, such as in a photograph or painting

2. a mental image: neither had any clear picture of whom they were looking for

3. a description or account of a situation considered as an observable scene: the reports do not provide an accurate picture of the spread of AIDS

4. a person or thing resembling another: he is the picture of a perfect host

5. a person or scene typifying a particular state: his face was a picture of dejection

6. the image on a television screen

7. a cinema film

8. the pictures a cinema or film show

9. in the picture informed about a situation

Verb

[-turing, -tured]

1. to visualize or imagine

2. to describe or depict vividly: a documentary that had pictured the police as good-natured dolts

3. to put in a picture or make a picture of: the women pictured above are all the same age [Latin pingere to paint]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	picture - 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" ikon, icon, image bitmap, electronic image - an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels chiaroscuro - a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color collage, montage - a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image; "he used his computer to make a collage of pictures superimposed on a map" transparency, foil - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector computer graphic, graphic - an image that is generated by a computer iconography - the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject; "religious iconography"; "the propagandistic iconography of a despot" inset - a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one likeness, semblance - picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing cyclorama, diorama, panorama - a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene reflection, reflexion - the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material); "he studied his reflection in the mirror" representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something CAT scan, scan - an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan" echogram, sonogram - an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs
	2.	picture - 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" painting abstraction - an abstract painting cityscape - painting depicting a city or urban area daub - an unskillful painting distemper - a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder finger-painting - a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers graphic art - the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking ikon, icon - a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church landscape - painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery miniature, illumination - painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts) monochrome - painting done in a range of tones of a single color mural, wall painting - a painting that is applied to a wall surface nude, nude painting - a painting of a naked human figure oil painting - a picture painted with oil paints pentimento - the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age) sand painting - a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background waterscape, seascape - a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape) semi-abstraction - a semiabstract painting still life - a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers tanka - a Tibetan religious painting on fabric trompe l'oeil - a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality watercolor, watercolour, water-color, water-colour - a painting produced with watercolors
	3.	picture - 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" mental picture, impression image, mental image - an iconic mental representation; "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"
	4.	picture - a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century" scene situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time; "the present international situation is dangerous"; "wondered how such a state of affairs had come about"; "eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation"- Franklin D.Roosevelt
	5.	picture - illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures" pictorial matter illustration - artwork that helps make something clear or attractive
	6.	picture - 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" motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show, film, flick product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" sequence, episode - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie credit - an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work; "the credits were given at the end of the film" subtitle, caption - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen credits - a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) telefilm - a movie that is made to be shown on television scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film feature film, feature - the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'" final cut - the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer home movie - a film made at home by an amateur photographer collage film - a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage coming attraction - a movie that is advertised to draw customers shoot-'em-up - a movie featuring shooting and violence short subject - a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event cinema verite - a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director film noir - a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s" skin flick - a pornographic movie rough cut - the first print of a movie after preliminary editing silent movie, silent picture, silents - a movie without a soundtrack slow motion - a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate talkie, talking picture - a movie with synchronized speech and singing 3-D, 3D, three-D - a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway" musical, musical comedy, musical theater - a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing dub - provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language synchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film" film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" videotape, tape - record on videotape reshoot - shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times"
	7.	picture - the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone" video telecasting, television, TV, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects; "she is a star of screen and video"; "Television is a medium because it is neither rare nor well done" - Ernie Kovacs visual communication - communication that relies on vision
	8.	picture - 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" characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting description, verbal description - a statement that represents something in words epithet - descriptive word or phrase portrait, portraiture, portrayal - a word picture of a person's appearance and character
	9.	picture - a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair" typification, exemplification - a representational or typifying form or model
	10.	picture - a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material photo, photograph, pic, exposure beefcake - a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire black and white, monochrome - a black-and-white photograph or slide blueprint - photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc. cheesecake - a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire closeup - a photograph taken at close range daguerreotype - a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor blowup, enlargement, magnification - a photographic print that has been enlarged frame - a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film glossy - a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper headshot - a photograph of a person's head hologram, holograph - the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography longshot - a photograph taken from a distance microdot - photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security) arial mosaic, photomosaic, mosaic - arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture mug shot, mugshot - a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records) photocopy - a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work photographic print, print - a printed picture produced from a photographic negative photomicrograph - a photograph taken with the help of a microscope radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph, radiogram - a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays) representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something snapshot, snap, shot - an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends" spectrogram, spectrograph - a photographic record of a spectrum stereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picture, stereo - two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together still - a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad" telephoto, telephotograph - a photograph made with a telephoto lens telephotograph - a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance time exposure - a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time vignette - a photograph whose edges shade off gradually wedding picture - photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
Verb	1.	picture - 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" envision, fancy, visualize, image, figure, visualise, see, project realize, see, understand, realise - perceive (an idea or situation) mentally; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" visualise, visualize - form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract; "Mathematicians often visualize" conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"
	2.	picture - 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" depict, show, render artistic creation, artistic production, art - the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" illustrate - depict with an illustration map - depict as if on a map; "sorrow was mapped on the mother's face"

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picture

noun 1. representation, drawing, painting, portrait, image, print, illustration, sketch, portrayal, engraving, likeness, effigy, delineation, similitude

noun 2. photograph, photo, still, shot, image, print, frame, slide, snap, exposure, portrait, snapshot, transparency, enlargement

noun 3. film, movie U.S. (informal) flick (slang) feature film, motion picture

noun 4. idea, vision, concept, impression, notion, visualization, mental picture, mental image

noun 5. description, impression, explanation, report, account, image, sketch, depiction, re-creation

noun 6. personification, model, embodiment, soul, essence, archetype, epitome, perfect example, exemplar, quintessence, living example

verb 7. imagine, see, envision, visualize, conceive of, fantasize about, conjure up an image of, see in the mind's eye

verb 8. represent, show, describe, draw, paint, illustrate, portray, sketch, render, depict, delineate

verb 9. show, photograph, capture on film >> adjective pictorial

Translations

picture [ˈpɪktʃəʳ] n → cuadro (= painting); pintura (= photograph); fotografía (= film); película;

(TV) → imagen f

vt → pintar;

the pictures (BRIT) → el cine;

we get a good picture here → captamos bien la imagen aquí;

to take a picture of sb/sth → hacer or sacar una foto a algn/de algo;

the garden is a picture in June → el jardín es una preciosidad en junio;

the overall picture → la impresión general;

to put sb in the picture → poner a algn al corriente or al tanto

picture [ˈpɪktʃəʳ] n (also) (TV) → image f (= painting); peinture f, tableau m (= photograph); photo(graphie) f (= drawing); dessin m (= film); film m (fig) (= description); description f

vt (= imagine) → se représenter (= describe); dépeindre, représenter;

pictures npl the pictures (Brit) → le cinéma;

to take a picture of sb/sth → prendre qn/qch en photo;

would you take a picture of us, please? → pourriez-vous nous prendre en photo, s'il vous plaît?;

the overall picture → le tableau d'ensemble;

to put sb in the picture → mettre qn au courant

picture [ˈpɪktʃəʳ] n → Bild nt (= film); Film m

vt (= imagine) → sich dat vorstellen;

the pictures (Brit) (inf) (= the cinema); das Kino;

to take a picture of sb → ein Bild von jdm machen;

to put sb in the picture → jdn ins Bild setzen

picture [ˈpɪktʃəʳ] n → quadro (= painting); pittura (= photograph); foto(grafia) (= drawing); disegno;

(TV) → immagine f (= film); film m inv

vt → raffigurarsi;

the pictures (BRIT) → il cinema;

to take a picture of sb/sth → fare una foto a qn/di qc;

we get a good picture here (TV) → la ricezione qui è buona;

the overall picture → il quadro generale;

to put sb in the picture → mettere qn al corrente

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picture

n picture [ˈpiktʃə]

1 a painting or drawing This is a picture of my mother.skildery, tekeningصورَة مَرسومَه، لَوْحَهрисункаvyobrazení, obrazbillede; maleri; tegningdas Bildεικόνα, ζωγραφιά, πίνακαςpintura, cuadro, retratopiltتصویرkuvapeintureצִיוּרचित्रslikaképgambarmynd, málverk, teikningquadro, ritratto, disegno絵그림, 회화paveikslas, piešinys, portretaszīmējums; glezna; attēlsgambarafbeeldingbilde, maleri, tegningobrazretratoimagine; ta­blouкартина; портретobrazslikaslikabild, tavla, målning, porträttภาพวาดresim畫портрет, зображенняخاکہảnh画

2 a photograph I took a lot of pictures when I was on holiday.fotoصورَة كاميراфотографияsnímekbillede; fotodas Bildφωτογραφίαfotografíafotoعکسvalokuvaphotoתְמוּנָהतस्वीरfotografijafényképfotoljósmyndfotografia, foto写真사진nuotraukafotogrāfija; uzņēmumsgambarfotobilde, fotografifotografiafotofotografieфотографияfotografiafotografijafotografijabild, fotografi, kortภาพถ่ายfotoğraf照片фотографіяتصويرbức ảnh照片

3 a cinema film There's a good picture on at the cinema tonight.filmفِلْم سينمائيфилмfilmfilmder Filmταινίαpelícula, filme(kino)filmفیلم سینماییelokuvafilmסֶרֶטचलचित्रfilmfilmfilmkvikmyndfilm映画영화filmaskinofilmafilemfilm(kino)filmfilmfilmefilmкинофильмfilmfilmfilmfilmภาพยนตร์film影片фільмفلمphim影片

4 (with the) a symbol or perfect example (of something) She looked the picture of health/happiness.perfek, volwaardigرَمْزвъплъщениеvzorindbegrebet (af noget)die Verkörperungπροσωποποίησηimagenmusternäidisمظهرperikuvaimageלִהיוֹת סֶמֶלpredodžbamaga az egészség stb.lambangímyndimmagine象徴화신(化身)į(si)kūnijimas, tikras pavyzdysiemiesojumsgambarantoonbeeldbilde på, sunnheten (osv.) selvokazimagemsimbol, întruchipareвоплощениеvzorutelešenjeoličenjeavbild, [] självแบบอย่าง...-in kusursuz örneği象徵，典型втілення, уособленняعلامت، کامل نمونہbiểu tượng象征，典型

5 (with a) a beautiful sight She looked a picture in her new dress.baie mooi, prentjiemooiشيءٌ جَميل، صورَة!картинкаjako obrázekse ud som et billedeein Bildκτ. ωραίο, ζωγραφιά (μτφ.)(estar) guapísimo/preciosoilus vaatepiltتصویر جذابviehättävä näkyavoir un air ravissantמַראֶה יָפֶהसुंदरprikazfesteni való ...pemandangan indahgullfalleg sjónfare un figurone美観아름다운 경치, 미인paveiksliukas, žaisliukasskaistuma iemiesojums; bildesungguh cantikbeeldschoon iets, iemandnydelig synśliczny widok, cackobelezaînfăţişare, prezenţăкартинкаako obrázoklepa podobapredivnovacker synสวยงามresim gibi güzel kimse/şey美景картинкаخوب صورت منظرhình ảnh美景

6 a clear description He gave me a good picture of what was happening.beskrywingوَصْف واضِحописаниеobraz, vylíčeníbilledeanschauliche Schilderungπεριγραφή, σαφής εικόναdescripciónselge piltتصویر دقیقkuvausdescriptionתֵיאוּרसुस्पष्ट वर्णनopisleírásgambarangreinileg lÿsingquadro, descrizione描写생생한 기술[]vaizdaspriekšstats; apstāstsgambaranbeeldbilde, skildringobrazdescriçãodescriereописаниеobraz, opisnazoren opisopisbild, föreställning, skildringคำบรรยายชัดเจนaçık bir anlatım, tasvir真實寫照уявленняواضح بيانmô tả真实写照

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to imagine I can picture the scene.verbeel, indinkيَتَخَيَّلпредставям сиpředstavit siforestille sig(sich) ausmalenφαντάζομαιimaginar, figurarseette kujutamaتصور کردنkuvitellase représenterלְדַמייֵןकल्पना करनाzamišljatielképzelmembayangkanímynda (sér)immaginare心に描く상상하다įsivaizduotiiedomāties; iztēlotiesmenggambarkanzich voorstellenforestille segwyobrazić sobieimaginara‑şi imaginaпредставлять себеpredstaviť sipredstavljati sizamislitiföreställa sigจินตนาการdüşünmek, hayâl etmek想象уявлятиاندازہ لگاناtưởng tượng想象

put (someone) / be in the picture

to give or have all the necessary information (about something) He put me in the picture about what had happened.op die hoogte bringيَضَعُه في الصّورَهзапознавамzasvětitsætte ind i sagen(jemanden) ins Bild setzenενημερώνωal corriente poner a alguien, informarettekujutust andma, ettekujutust olemaدر جریان بودن یا قرار دادنselostaa tilanne, olla kuvassa mukanaau courant mettreלְהַכנִיסו לַתְמוּנָהकिसी को सभी आवश्यक जानकारी देनाupoznati sa situacijomtájékoztat vkit (vmiről); képben vanmemberikan informasiveita e-n upplÿsingar um e-ðmettere/essere al corrente知らせる충분히 알려 주다[]pateikti (kam)/turėti informacijąinformēt kādumemberitahu ssoop de hoogte brengensette inn i situasjonenzapoznać ze sprawą, mieć orientacjępôr/estar a para pune/a fi la curentввести (кого-л.) в курс/быть в курсе делzasvätiť doseznaniti; biti na tekočeminformisatisätta in ngn i saken/vara insatt i sakenบรรยายhaberdar etmek使某人對某事有身臨其境之感бути в курсі справضروري اطلاعت ديناcho ai biết sự việc使某人对某事有身临其境之感

the pictures

the cinema We went to the pictures last night, but it wasn't a very good film.bioskoopالسّينماкиноkinoi biografendas Kinoκινηματογράφοςcinekinoسینماelokuvatcinémaהַקולנוֹעसिनेमाfilmmozigedung bioskopbíócinema映画영화kinaskinopanggung wayangbioscoopkinokinocinemacinemaкиноkinokinobioskopbioภาพยนตร์sinema電影кіноسينماrạp chiếu phim电影