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- pronunciation:
- pIk
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer, Grammatical Patterns, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a painting, drawing, or photograph.
The hall was lined with pictures of the presidents of the United States.
- synonyms:
- drawing, likeness
- similar words:
- artwork, black and white, daguerreotype, design, etching, gouache, graphic, icon, illustration, line drawing, oil painting, painting, pastel, photo, photograph, portrait, portrayal, representation, sketch, snapshot, tintype, wash, watercolor
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| definition 2: |
a description or mental representation.
I've never met her brother but I have a picture of him in my mind from what she's told me.- synonyms:
- depiction, likeness, portrayal, representation
- similar words:
- description, idea, illustration, image, painting, sketch
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| definition 3: |
a motion picture; movie; film.
The film was nominated for best picture of the year.- synonyms:
- film, motion picture, movie, moving picture
- similar words:
- cinema, feature, screening, show, showing
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| definition 4: |
a good example.
My grandmother is still a picture of energy and good health.- synonyms:
- case, example, exemplar, instance, paradigm
- similar words:
- illustration, model, prototype, sample, specimen
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| definition 5: |
situation.
The political picture is clouded now.- synonyms:
- circumstance, condition, plight, situation
- similar words:
- dilemma, predicament, quandary, state
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| related words: |
candid, canvas, ghost, image, landscape, likeness, miniature, vessel |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
pictures, picturing, pictured |
| definition 1: |
to create a mental image of; imagine.
With her classical training, I can't picture her playing jazz in a jazz club.I can't picture my father as a child.Can you picture living in Florida?[verb + gerund
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- synonyms:
- dream of, envisage, envision, fantasize, imagine, visualize
- similar words:
- conceive, fancy, idealize, image, see, think of
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| definition 2: |
to make a drawing, painting, or photograph of.
- synonyms:
- delineate, depict, portray, represent
- similar words:
- draw, illustrate, image, limn, paint, photograph, sketch, trace
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| definition 3: |
to describe, esp. in visual detail.
- synonyms:
- delineate, describe, paint, portray
- similar words:
- depict, detail, illustrate, image
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| related words: |
describe, fantasy, figure, represent, vision |
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