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. A motion picture.
6. (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. A sample of an illegal drug.
13. A format string in the COBOL programming language.

Verb

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

Hyphenated as

pic‧ture

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪk(t)ʃə/

Etymology

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

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