picture
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
- Archaic
:
película
- And now she has inked a major multi picture deal with Netflix.
- motion picture
- moving picture
- talking pictures
Who gets final cut in the pictures that you've directed?
- Who gets final cut in the pictures that you've directed?
- The head of the motion Picture Department at William Morris Endeavour.
Examples
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We saw the picture.
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The studio had just finished filming a May Anna picture called Trouble on the Waterfront.
Fiction book (1990) -
And then on the back it has some pictures from the movie.
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You could even be in pictures like this.
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Matter of fact, in this picture the South wins.
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So, let's go, uh, let's go take the picture, huh?
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In 2013, Fujifilm Corp announced that it had stopped making motion picture film stock.
Academic text (2017) -
Hollywood understood the message of the Court, and the Motion Picture Association stopped enforcing its own Production Code.
Academic text (2008) -
In '86, I wrote a letter to Paul Bowles and said I had to meet him and take his picture.
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The film received critical acclaim and won the award for Best Picture at the ceremony.
Synonyms
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1.0
A story told with moving pictures on a screen
∞
1.0
A story shown as moving images in a cinema or on screen
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3.0
A story that uses moving images and sound, like a movie
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4.1
A casual word for a movie you watch at a cinema
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8.1
A movie shown in a cinema or on screen
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2.5
A film shown in a cinema for people to watch
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3.5
A movie shown on a screen that tells a story
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7.2
A film with recorded voices and music
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9.9
An old word for a movie from the early days of film
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5.5
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
Idioms
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3.7
A view of the whole situation and its most important facts rather than small details
Compounds
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3.8
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
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5.8
A long glass tube inside old televisions that makes the picture on the screen
- Specialized
1
8.1
A flat imagined surface in a picture that seems closest to the viewer
- Archaic
1
5.5
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 Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Picture was used for early films because they were called 'moving pictures'—many pictures shown in a row, like many paintings coming to life—so people shortened that to 'pictures' for movies. That's why the old-fashioned use of picture can mean a film or movie.