to picture
53
2.5
- verb
- /ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/
- 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
645
1.0
To make a picture of a person or place
185
3.5
To show something in a picture or in words
69
3.7
To describe someone or something in detail so the reader can imagine them
66
2.6
Describe something in a particular way to show an idea
49
6.3
To show an idea in an artistic way, for example in music, art, or translation
14
3.7
To show a person or thing in art like a painting
4
3.5
To look a certain way in pictures
Idioms
132
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
1
2.9
A public show where moving pictures and sound tell a story, like a film at a cinema
- 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
- Specialized
1
7.6
Two photos you view together to make a three-dimensional picture
A picture of a face made from what witnesses say to help police identify a suspect
How Detailed
250
3.5
220
3.9
53
2.5
185
3.5
462
3.4
∞
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.