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English to English noun
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a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface |  | Example: they showed us the pictures of their wedding
a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
source: wordnet30
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graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface | | Example: a small painting by Picasso
he bought the painting as an investment
his pictures hang in the Louvre
source: wordnet30
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a clear and telling mental image | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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a situation treated as an observable object | | Example: the political picture is favorable
the religious scene in England has changed in the last century
source: wordnet30
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illustrations used to decorate or explain a text | | Example: the dictionary had many pictures
source: wordnet30
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a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement | | Example: they went to a movie every Saturday night
the film was shot on location
source: wordnet30
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the visible part of a television transmission | | Example: they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone
source: wordnet30
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a graphic or vivid verbal description | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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a typical example of some state or quality | | Example: the very picture of a modern general
she was the picture of despair
source: wordnet30
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a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material | | source: wordnet30
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The art of painting; representation by painting. | | source: webster1913 verb
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imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind | | Example: I can't see him on horseback!
I can see what will happen
I can see a risk in this strategy
source: wordnet30
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show in, or as in, a picture | | Example: This scene depicts country life
the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting
source: wordnet30
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To draw or paint a resemblance of; to delineate; to represent; to form or present an ideal likeness of; to bring before the mind. | | source: webster1913
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