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- pronunciation:
- pIk
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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
A picture is a painting, drawing, or photograph of something or someone. We see pictures in magazines, books, art museums, and many other places.
Lori drew a picture of a dragon flying through the sky.This history book has a picture of every United States president.My mother keeps pictures of me and my sister on her desk.
- synonyms:
- drawing, likeness
- similar words:
- artwork, design, icon, illustration, painting, pastel, photo, photograph, portrait, sketch, wash, watercolor
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| definition 2: |
When you have a picture in your mind, it means that you have an image in your mind.
My grandparents tell us stories to give us a picture of what life was like when they were young.- synonyms:
- likeness
- similar words:
- description, idea, illustration, image, painting, sketch
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| definition 3: |
When you go to the theater to see a picture, you go to see a movie or film.
The local theater is showing a good picture tonight.- synonyms:
- film, motion picture, movie
- similar words:
- cinema, feature, show
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| related words: |
landscape, likeness |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
pictures, picturing, pictured |
| definition 1: |
When you picture something, it means that you have an image of it in your mind. You imagine it.
It's hard for me to picture living in a town that's different from the one I live in now.Our vacation hotel was different from the way I had pictured it.- synonyms:
- imagine
- similar words:
- fancy, think of
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| definition 2: |
When an artist pictures something, they include it in a drawing, painting, or photograph.
In the background, the artist pictured a young girl riding a horse across a meadow.- similar words:
- draw, illustrate, paint, photograph, sketch, trace
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| definition 3: |
When you picture something in your writing, it means that you describe it in a way that makes other people able to imagine it.
The book's author pictured the characters' surroundings beautifully.- similar words:
- detail, illustrate
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