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Nouns

• (n) a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
  • they showed us the pictures of their wedding
  • a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
  ikon, icon, image,
• (n) graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
  • a small painting by Picasso
  • he bought the painting as an investment
  • his pictures hang in the Louvre
  painting,
• (n) a clear and telling mental image
  • 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
  mental picture, impression,
• (n) a situation treated as an observable object
  • the political picture is favorable
  • the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
  scene,
• (n) illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
  • the dictionary had many pictures
  pictorial matter,
• (n) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
  • they went to a movie every Saturday night
  • the film was shot on location
  film, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show, flick,
• (n) the visible part of a television transmission
  • they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
  video,
• (n) 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
  • the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters
  characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word-painting, word picture,
• (n) a typical example of some state or quality
  • the very picture of a modern general
  • she was the picture of despair
• (n) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material photo, photograph, pic, exposure,

Verbs

• (v) imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
  • I can't see him on horseback!
  • I can see what will happen
  • I can see a risk in this strategy
  envision, fancy, visualize, image, figure, visualise, see, project,
• (v) show in, or as in, a picture
  • This scene depicts country life
  • the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
  depict, show, render,

Synonyms

envision fancy visualize image figure visualise see project ikon icon depict show render painting mental picture impression scene pictorial matter film motion picture motion-picture show movie moving picture moving-picture show pic picture show flick video characterisation characterization delineation depiction word-painting word picture photo photograph exposure

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