picture
noun
1. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
- they showed us the pictures of their wedding
Similar word(s): icon, ikon, image
Definition categories: man–made, representation
2. graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
- a small painting by Picasso
- his pictures hang in the Louvre
Similar word(s): painting
Definition categories: man–made
3. a clear and telling mental image
- he described his mental picture of his assailant
- he had no clear picture of himself or his world
Similar word(s): impression
Definition categories: thought, image
4. a situation treated as an observable object
- the political picture is favorable
Similar word(s): scene
Definition categories: state, situation
5. illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
- the dictionary had many pictures
Definition categories: communication, illustration
6. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
Similar word(s): film, flick, movie, pic
Definition categories: communication, product, production, show
7. the visible part of a television transmission
- they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
Similar word(s): video
Definition categories: communication
8. a graphic or vivid verbal description
- too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures
- the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland
Similar word(s): characterization, delineation, depiction
Definition categories: communication, description
9. a typical example of some state or quality
- the very picture of a modern general
- she was the picture of despair
Definition categories: thought, exemplification, typification
10. a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
Similar word(s): exposure, photo, photograph, pic
Definition categories: man–made, representation
Sentences with picture as a noun:
- There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.
- I took a picture of the church.
- Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.
- Let's go to the pictures.
- She's the very picture of health.
- The employment picture for the older middle class is not so good.
- You can just look at the election, you've got to look at the big picture.