picture
713
4.8
- noun
- /ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
:
panorama
- Accurate and complete data will ensure a clearer picture of the status of the profession.
- the big picture
- a more complete picture
- a complete picture
And that fulfills their picture that it's all your fault.
- And that fulfills their picture that it's all your fault.
- That's a very different kind of picture of a path to pursue.
- And so this could change the growth picture going forward.
- Did Leah get the full picture during movie night?
- So we want to consider the whole picture a holistic idea of health.
- Is this data this picture or that data?
- Well, no one has seen more of the picture of us than us.
- So now add that last sentence to the picture of my dog missing.
- So that's the kind of the picture for for massive objects.
Examples
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The outcome of the meeting is a comprehensive picture of the student and an action plan.
Academic text (2012) -
The articles under review present an overall picture of breast cancer surgery discourse.
Academic text (2013) -
And so this could change the growth picture going forward.
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That the picture is far from complete.
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Now I see the big picture.
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What is needed, they say, is a better picture of how caribou use the landscape.
Academic text (2012) -
Gross sales in isolation do not provide a complete picture of vendor size or profitability.
Academic text (2017) -
I think we'll have a clearer picture when they've done some follow up tests.
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With the United States out of the picture, al-Qaeda couldn't last a month in Iraq.
Academic text (2008) -
The new report provides a comprehensive overview of the economic picture in our region.
Synonyms
∞
1.9
The conditions someone or something is in at a time
232
1.9
A view of the land, sea, or sky seen from one place
106
3.4
A view of the whole situation that shows the most important parts
58
3.7
A view of the whole situation and its most important facts rather than small details
33
3.4
The general situation at a certain time
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
How Clear
Surface Forms
Etymology
Picture also came to mean the whole scene you can see, like a painting that shows everything in one view, so talking about 'the picture' means the general situation. That's why we say 'look at the whole picture' before making a decision.