picture
- noun
- /ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
- This is a beautiful picture of a sunset at the beach.
- take pictures
- picture books
- use pictures
So that's an argument for taking more pictures, right?
- So that's an argument for taking more pictures, right?
- So I'm going to post that picture right now.
- And I stared at that picture day and night.
- So, so maybe paint like a, a picture of that moment.
- I have AI have a picture of a target.
- But note that this is a picture of three martinis.
Examples
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And I stared at that picture day and night.
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This is a picture of my shop.
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This one looks the most like the picture to me so far.
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What do you want to take a picture of that for?
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In a field of two, patients must identify a picture that goes with the target picture.
Academic text (2013) -
And I just love this, this picture, this is Los Angeles.
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So he had this picture turned into a puzzle.
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This is the most famous picture in all the textbooks.
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The most obvious visual element is a picture label on every book in the library.
Academic text (2013) -
So that's an argument for taking more pictures, right?
Synonyms
A picture made with a camera, printed or digital
A picture showing a person or thing
A picture taken with a camera of a person, place, or thing
A picture made by a computer for digital media
A photo made with a camera or phone
A picture or graphic that explains something
A picture or other image that shows what something looked like
A picture or statue made to show how a person looked
A picture in your mind of something you have seen
A picture that shows something, like a scene or object
Idioms
A view of the whole situation and its most important facts rather than small details
Compounds
A large fixed window made of one big piece of glass that gives a clear view outside
An American group that gives the Oscars every year for work in movies
- Archaic
A long glass tube inside old televisions that makes the picture on the screen
- Specialized
A flat imagined surface in a picture that seems closest to the viewer
- Archaic
A show that tells a story with moving images and sound like a movie
A public show where moving pictures and sound tell a story, like a film at a cinema
A picture of a face made from what witnesses say to help police identify a suspect
- Specialized
Two photos you view together to make a three-dimensional picture
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Picture comes from the Latin word pictura, from pingere which means 'to paint', and it is like the English word paint. So a picture is something made to show an image, such as a drawing, photo, or painting.