picture

(noun) a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface. Synonyms: image, icon, ikon. Examples: "They showed us the pictures of their wedding." "A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them."

(noun) graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface. Synonyms: painting. Examples: "A small painting by picasso." "He bought the painting as an investment." "His pictures hang in the louvre."

(noun) a clear and telling mental image. Synonyms: mental picture, impression. Examples: "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."

(noun) a situation treated as an observable object. Synonyms: scene. Examples: "The political picture is favorable." "The religious scene in england has changed in the last century."

(noun) illustrations used to decorate or explain a text. Synonyms: pictorial matter. Examples: "The dictionary had many pictures."

(noun) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. Synonyms: movie, film, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick. Examples: "They went to a movie every saturday night." "The film was shot on location."

(noun) the visible part of a television transmission. Synonyms: video. Examples: "They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone."

(noun) a graphic or vivid verbal description. Synonyms: word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, characterization, characterisation. Examples: "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."

(noun) a typical example of some state or quality. Examples: "The very picture of a modern general." "She was the picture of despair."

(noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material. Synonyms: photograph, photo, exposure, pic.

(verb) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind. Synonyms: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, image. Examples: "I can't see him on horseback!." "I can see what will happen." "I can see a risk in this strategy."

(verb) show in, or as in, a picture. Synonyms: depict, render, show. Examples: "This scene depicts country life." "The face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting."