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pictures
noun(pic-ture)
graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
Synonyms: painting,
Examples:
His pictures hang in the Louvre.
pictures
noun(pic-ture)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
Synonyms: icon, ikon, image,
Examples:
They showed us the pictures of their wedding.
pictures
noun(pic-ture)
a situation treated as an observable object
Synonyms: scene,
Examples:
The political picture is favorable.
pictures
verb(pic-ture)
show in, or as in, a picture
Synonyms: depict, render, show,
pictures
noun(pic-ture)
illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
Synonyms: pictorial matter,
Examples:
The dictionary had many pictures.
pictures
noun(pic-ture)
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
Synonyms: film, flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture show,
pictures
noun(pic-ture)
a graphic or vivid verbal description
Synonyms: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word-painting, word picture,
Examples:
Too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures.
The author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland.
pictures
noun(pic-ture)
a clear and telling mental image
Synonyms: impression, mental picture,
Examples:
He described his mental picture of his assailant.
He had no clear picture of himself or his world.
pictures
verb(pic-ture)
imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
pictures
noun(pic-ture)
the visible part of a television transmission
Synonyms: video,
Examples:
They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone.
pictures
noun(pic-ture)
a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format
Synonyms: exposure, photo, photograph, pic,
pictures
noun(pic-ture)
a typical example of some state or quality
Examples:
The very picture of a modern general.
She was the picture of despair.

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