to picture
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2.5
- verb
- /ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
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- The vast majority of these works picture Creole subjects, the group to which Saint Rose of Lima belonged.
- pictures a woman
- pictured objects
- pictured here
Examples
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Laneuville's portrait of Cabarrus manages to picture her both as an innocent victim and as a political actor.
Academic text (2011) -
In a photo sent around the world, a polar bear is pictured alone on an ice floe.
Academic text (2012) -
A lady is pictured being examined by the device.
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In the spirit of the season, some of the women were pictured wearing Santa hats.
Fiction book (1996) -
That's how this event is generally pictured, but it's not accurate.
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The percentage of females pictured in implied positions of authority has increased over time.
Academic text (2015) -
However, Joseph was not the only saintly figure to be pictured with a flowering staff in New Spain.
Academic text (2011) -
Meanwhile, police are seeking two convicts who escaped today from Camp Holliday identified as Frank Warren and Tracy Riggs, pictured here.
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For example, female conductors often were pictured leading women's choirs or handbell choirs and seldom leading large orchestras.
Academic text (2015) -
In the painting, the artist pictures a serene landscape filled with vibrant colors.
Synonyms
932
1.0
To make a picture of a person or place
176
3.5
To show something in a picture or in words
126
2.6
Describe something in a particular way to show an idea
58
3.7
To describe someone or something in detail so the reader can imagine them
52
6.3
To show an idea in an artistic way, for example in music, art, or translation
33
3.5
To look a certain way in pictures
30
3.7
To show a person or thing in art like a painting
Idioms
58
3.7
A view of the whole situation and its most important facts rather than small details
Phrasal Verbs
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 Detailed
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3.5
182
3.9
69
2.5
176
3.5
395
3.4
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1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Picture can also mean to show or represent someone or something, like putting them into a painting, and this comes from the old idea of painting or making an image. So when a text or film 'pictures' a person, it means it represents them clearly.