“picture”

Definitions

• noun

  a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

  Synonyms: image, icon, ikon, cinemascope, cinerama, technicolor, telephoto, vorstellung, western, wirephoto, abstract, abstraction

  • Example:“They showed us the pictures of their wedding.”
  • Example:“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

  • Example:“a small painting by Picasso”
  • Example:“He bought the painting as an investment.”

• noun

  a clear and telling mental image

  Synonyms: mental picture, impression

  • Example:“He described his mental picture of his assailant.”
  • Example:“He had no clear picture of himself or his world.”

• noun

  a situation treated as an observable object

  Synonyms: scene

  • Example:“The political picture is favorable.”
  • Example:“The religious scene in England has changed in the last century.”

• noun

  illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

  Synonyms: pictorial matter

  • Example:“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

  • Example:“They went to a movie every Saturday night.”
  • Example:“The film was shot on location.”