picture

Meaning

Noun

1. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
2. An image; a representation as in the imagination.
3. A painting.
4. A photograph.
5. (India, dated) A motion picture.
6. (in-plural, informal) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).
7. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
8. An attractive sight.
9. The art of painting; representation by painting.
10. A figure; a model.
11. Situation.
12. (Multicultural-London-English) A sample of an illegal drug.
13. A format string in the COBOL programming language.

Verb

1. (transitive) To represent in or with a picture.
2. (transitive) To imagine or envision.
3. (transitive) To depict or describe vividly.

Synonyms

image

painting

🖼️

drawing

photograph

photo

figure

portrait

illustration

sketch

map

depict

film

📽️

movie

portray

paint

scene

design

shadow

diagram

snapshot

chart

💹

draw

imagine

representation

likeness

visualize

pattern

pic

tableau

statue

icon

fancy

video

model

motion picture

reflection

scheme

ikon

description

describe

delineation

portrayal

spirit

show

effigy

plan

illustrate

see

👀

depiction

frame

Translations

Bild

image

imagen

immagine

afbeelding

Abbildung

imagem

Abbild

beeld

Gemälde

🖼️

Zeichnung

figura

quadro

صورة

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪk(t)ʃə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pycture

In summary

From Middle English pycture, from Old French picture, itself from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“I paint”). Doublet of pictura.

Sentences

I don't care whose picture they're publishing .

Although bawdy , they present a vivid picture of contemporary manners .

It was the second-highest grossing picture of the year , only behind " Going My Way ".