Meaning & Definition of Picture in English

1. A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

• "They showed us the pictures of their wedding"

• "A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"

2. Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

• "A small painting by picasso"

• "He bought the painting as an investment"

• "His pictures hang in the louvre"

3. A clear and telling mental image

• "He described his mental picture of his assailant"

• "He had no clear picture of himself or his world"

• "The events left a permanent impression in his mind"

4. A situation treated as an observable object

• "The political picture is favorable"

• "The religious scene in england has changed in the last century"

5. Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

• "The dictionary had many pictures"

6. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

• "They went to a movie every saturday night"

• "The film was shot on location"

7. The visible part of a television transmission

• "They could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"

8. A graphic or vivid verbal description

• "Too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"

• "The author gives a depressing picture of life in poland"

• "The pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous vermonters"

9. A typical example of some state or quality

• "The very picture of a modern general"

• "She was the picture of despair"

10. A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide

• Recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

1. Imagine

• Conceive of

• See in one's mind

• "I can't see him on horseback!"

• "I can see what will happen"

• "I can see a risk in this strategy"

2. Show in, or as in, a picture

• "This scene depicts country life"

• "The face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"