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picture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | painting |
| Type of | graphic art |
| Has types | wall painting, daub, seascape, sand painting, cityscape, distemper, icon, pentimento, oil painting, nude painting, still life, nude, mural, tanka, monochrome, miniature, trompe l'oeil, landscape, semi-abstraction, water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour, waterscape, finger-painting, illumination, ikon, abstraction |
| Derivation | depict, pictural |
his pictures hang in the Louvre.
picture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | icon, ikon, image |
| Type of | representation |
| Has types | bitmap, cat scan, montage, reflexion, reflection, foil, likeness, transparency, sonogram, inset, diorama, iconography, chiaroscuro, electronic image, graphic, echogram, cyclorama, computer graphic, panorama, collage, scan, semblance |
| Derivation | depict, pictural |
they showed us the pictures of their wedding.
picture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | scene |
| Type of | situation, state of affairs |
the political picture is favorable.
picture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pictorial matter |
| Type of | illustration |
| Derivation | pictural, depict |
the dictionary had many pictures.
picture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | film, flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show |
| Type of | show, production, product |
| Has types | silent picture, 3-d, silent movie, short subject, shoot-'em-up, rough cut, docudrama, documentary, documentary film, musical theater, musical comedy, musical, feature, feature film, final cut, film noir, infotainment, home movie, three-d, 3d, telefilm, talking picture, talkie, cinema verite, slow motion, skin flick, silents, collage film, coming attraction |
picture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word-painting, word picture |
| Type of | description, verbal description |
| Has types | portrayal, portraiture, portrait, epithet |
| Derivation | depict |
too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures.
the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | impression, mental picture |
| Type of | image, mental image |
he described his mental picture of his assailant.
he had no clear picture of himself or his world.
picture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | video |
| Type of | visual communication |
they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone.
picture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | exposure, photo, photograph, pic |
| Type of | representation |
| Has types | black and white, blowup, wedding picture, vignette, time exposure, longshot, magnification, blueprint, microdot, telephotograph, monochrome, telephoto, mosaic, mug shot, mugshot, cheesecake, enlargement, stock photograph, stock image, still, stereoscopic picture, stereoscopic photograph, stereo, photocopy, photographic print, photomicrograph, photomosaic, print, spectrograph, spectrogram, radiogram, radiograph, snapshot, snap, closeup, shadowgraph, skiagram, hologram, daguerreotype, scene, shot, skiagraph, holograph, frame, headshot, glossy, arial mosaic, beefcake |
picture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | typification, exemplification |
the very picture of a modern general.
she was the picture of despair.
Examples of picture
picture
Last week my friend and her daughter brought me a picture of the cake they want.
From the newsday.com
That movie won three Oscars and was nominated for seven, including best picture.
From the omaha.com
Federal Election Commission records show a dismal picture for the next chairman.
From the washingtontimes.com
Ninety percent of the American motion-picture marketplace never shows art films.
From the sacbee.com
Last we need Sacramento to pass a bill that you deed a legal picture ID to vote.
From the ocregister.com
Lastly, many families I work with find tremendous meaning in the larger picture.
From the abcnews.go.com
To me, the winner of three Oscars, including best picture, is the perfect movie.
From the ocregister.com
From the outside, the Briere house is a snow-capped picture of stately serenity.
From the delawareonline.com
Most of the best picture contenders are less than halfway to blockbuster status.
From the usatoday.com
- 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"
- Visualize: 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"
- Painting: 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"
- 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"
- Mental 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"
- A situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
- An image (from Latin imago) is an artifact, for example a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject--usually a physical object or a person.
- A picture clause is an element in programming languages that is used to describe a datum, by using sample characters that indicate the item characteristics and size.
- Picture is the debut album by British progressive rock band Kino.
