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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 |
adjective + (n.)picture
accurate,
autographed,
big,
black-and-white,
bleak,
blurry,
clear,
close-up,
coherent,
complete,
detailed,
digital,
dismal,
distorted,
disturbing,
faded,
flash,
framed,
fuzzy,
gloomy,
glossy,
grainy,
graphic,
grim,
gruesome,
inaccurate,
incomplete,
live,
moving,
nude,
overall,
paramount,
pornographic,
pretty,
realistic,
rosy,
universal,
vivid
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verb + (n.)picture
complicate, conjure, decorate, distort, draw, nominate, paint, plaster, pose, post, print, show, sketch, snap, transmit
(n.)picture
+ verb
adorn, blur, frame, omit, paste
noun + (n.)picture
autograph, brochure, foreground, graduation, motion, photographer, poster, wedding, yearbook
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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 |
adverb + (v.)picture
best
(v.)picture
+ adverb
above, below, vividly
(v.)picture
+ noun
cartoon, catalogue, completion, cover, entertainment, left, mind, minute, others, page, scene, standing
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The word picture
contains the following part:
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, armature, capture, closure, composure, conjecture, debenture, denture, disclosure, displeasure, enclosure, enrapture, erasure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, indenture, juncture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, nomenclature, picture, posture, pressure, primogeniture, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, stricture, structure, superstructure, tenure, texture, torture, verdure
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