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picture

picture

283 2.7
The image you see on a television screen
  • noun
  • /ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : imagen
  • The weather report showed a live picture of the hurricane approaching the coast.
  • picture on the screen
  • picture and video
  • color picture

And the whole picture starts to spin slowly.

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Examples

  • The view through the big picture window is entirely normal again: the cityscape by night.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • When logging in, they see if the picture is displayed to verify they are on the right site.

    Academic text (2012)
  • But now what if you saw this picture, right?

  • Now keep in mind that picture over there to the right.

  • And then when you want to see the normal picture, you hit this.

  • And we're getting a picture on the TV.

  • We're back to a live picture now.

  • The investigator asked children to point to the picture that he described.

    Academic text (2013)
  • Behind her head, the television lost its vertical hold and the picture scrolled slowly upward.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • During the documentary, we saw many stunning pictures of wildlife captured on camera.

Synonyms

video
vspicture
1.0

A recording of moving pictures used for entertainment or information

is the visible screen image of a broadcast, contrasted with the sound

Idioms

A view of the whole situation and its most important facts rather than small details

To describe someone or something in detail so the reader can imagine them

Not involved in or told about a situation

1 6.4

To say a situation is better than it really is

Compounds

106 3.4

A view of the whole situation that shows the most important parts

A story that uses moving images and sound, like a movie

The act of using a camera to make photos for fun or as a hobby

picture book
  • Baby Talk
16 1.0

A book for children that tells a story mostly with pictures

Very attractive and perfect to look at, like a photograph

A photo taken at a wedding showing the bride and groom and guests

picture show
  • Archaic
10 2.5

A film shown in a cinema for people to watch

A large fixed window made of one big piece of glass that gives a clear view outside

A clear image you form in your mind

A movie shown on a screen that tells a story

A wooden or metal border that holds and protects a picture

A small card with a photo of a place that you send to someone

An American group that gives the Oscars every year for work in movies

A situation with good and bad parts that makes the result unclear

word picture
  • Literature
2 4.2

A clear description that makes you imagine a scene

A camera that takes many pictures quickly to make a movie when played

picture tube
  • Archaic
1 5.8

A long glass tube inside old televisions that makes the picture on the screen

talking picture
  • Archaic
1 7.2

A film with recorded voices and music

A movie made without recorded sound that often has live music

A long roll of plastic with many pictures that goes in a movie camera

picture plane
  • Specialized
1 8.1

A flat imagined surface in a picture that seems closest to the viewer

X-ray picture
  • Specialized
1 3.0

A picture made with X rays that shows the inside of the body

1 5.5

A show that tells a story with moving images and sound like a movie

1 2.6

A playing card with a picture of a person, like a jack, queen or king

A digital screen that shows photos as a slideshow

picture palace
  • Archaic
1 8.9

An old-fashioned cinema where films are shown to the public

A clear image in your mind of a past event

A person who likes watching movies and often goes to the cinema

5.0

Taking moving pictures with a camera to make films

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

picture element
  • Specialized
5.3

The smallest colored dot that makes a digital image on a screen

picture element
  • Texting
4.5

A web page element that lets browsers pick the best image file

A narrow rail fixed high on a wall for hanging paintings

picture writing
  • Specialized
7.0

A way that uses pictures to show words, ideas, or sounds

A room or building where paintings and other art are shown to the public

picture gallery
  • Texting
3.2

A collection of photos shown online for people to view

A large, fancy women's hat with a wide brim and decorations

A perfect moment that looks like a photo

stereoscopic picture
  • Specialized
7.6

Two photos you view together to make a three-dimensional picture

How Clear

high-definition television
  • Specialized
3 3.2
picture
  • Specialized
283 2.7
sharpness
5 3.2

Surface Forms

picture singular
pictures plural

Etymology

Picture is used for the TV image because it means the visual 'image' you see on the screen, like a painting that shows the view separate from the sound. So when the TV 'picture' changes, it is the visible part of the broadcast.