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pictured

pictured

2.6
A thing shown in a photo or drawing
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɪkʧərd/
translation icon : representado
  • One of my closest friends, Stanley Dukes, pictured above, is dead.

One of my closest friends, Stanley Dukes, pictured above, is dead.

Examples

  • And like that she was back with Ben Affleck pictured on the yacht like that.

  • The electric field in here can also be pictured in terms of photons.

  • So absolute spirit is being pictured for gestout, right?

  • Maybe it will be as Carl Sagan pictured in in Contact.

  • Now that I've gotten this whole painting pictured Nice.

  • The landscape was beautifully pictured in the award-winning photograph.

  • In the museum, each artwork was pictured on the wall with a detailed description.

  • The artist's vision was pictured vividly in her latest painting.

Synonyms

depicted
vspictured
3.2

Shown in a picture or painting

is shown in photos diagrams or other nonart visual forms
portrayed
vspictured
4.1

Shown in a picture or drawing

is shown in photos diagrams or other visual forms not just line art
represented
vspictured
3.2

Shown or described correctly and clearly

focuses on actual visual showing like photos and diagrams rather than description

How Clear

to photograph
202 2.1
pictured
2.6
to illustrate
301 3.5
to represent
395 3.4
to suggest
2.1

Surface Forms

pictured positive

Morphology

pictured = picture (transparent) = picture + ed

Standard past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'picture' meaning 'depict', so the sense 'depicted' follows directly.

Etymology

Pictured comes from picture, which originally meant a painting and the act paint or 'to paint'. So when something is pictured, it is shown as a picture, for example in a photo or drawing.