picture
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2.0
- noun
- /ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
:
imagen mental
- Higher-order thinking skills involve the capacity to see the big picture and make connections.
- paint a picture
- a vivid picture
- a mental picture
if I have a picture of love in my mind,
- if I have a picture of love in my mind,
- When you read, you know you have to make pictures in your head.
- He had no picture at all to guide him.
- And then you can make a picture of glucose use in the brain.
- But don't let those past memories or pictures fuel your anger at yourself.
- I just have this picture in my mind.
- And she'd like, she paints this picture of this, of this harmless loving creature.
- Like nobody else in the entire world has that picture of me in their head.
- Have you got like a picture of yourself and your life in your head?
- Do you think I could absolutely paint a happy picture of a childhood?
- I suppose it's kind of painting this picture that trust is very fragile.
- So whatever you say, think or feel, you're giving your picture, your brain pictures.
Examples
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When you read, you know you have to make pictures in your head.
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Like nobody else in the entire world has that picture of me in their head.
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if I have a picture of love in my mind,
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I just have this picture in my mind.
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I have a picture of Mike as a little boy.
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And as I look around the room, this is the picture of perfection.
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Instead, I see Shelley's experience as remarkable, a picture of what is possible.
Academic text (2013) -
Together, Jessica and I painted a mental picture, a broad vision really, of what the space could look like.
Academic text (2015) -
But look at this, and it'll give you a clearer picture of the kind of person he really is.
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Success does require a clear, vivid and bold picture of the future.
Synonyms
848
3.8
A clear image in the mind of something not present
445
3.3
A picture you form in your mind from words or ideas
90
6.8
A photo made with a camera or phone
76
3.5
A picture or graphic that explains something
66
2.8
A picture in a book that helps explain or decorate the text
48
2.7
A picture that shows a place or scene
27
4.1
A picture or statue made to show how a person looked
25
4.4
A description using words that shows what something is like
8
3.5
A clear image you form in your mind
7
3.8
A picture you make in your mind of something not there
4
3.8
A picture in your mind of something you have seen
2
4.2
A clear description that makes you imagine a scene
1
6.8
A clear description that shows how something looks or feels
1
5.3
A picture you remember from a past event
1
9.8
A mental image or impression you get from your senses
1
6.7
An idea in your mind that stands for something you remember or imagine
1
4.3
A picture that shows something, like a scene or object
An image you make in your mind when you imagine something
A clear image in your mind of a past event
A picture in your mind you form when you see something
Idioms
58
3.7
A view of the whole situation and its most important facts rather than small details
Compounds
9
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
1
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
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Etymology
Picture comes from the idea of a painted image, so a mental picture is like making a small painting in your mind. That's why saying you have a clear picture of something means you can see it in your head.