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picture

ˈpik-chər 2 syllables common

  1. noun. a design or representation made by various means (such as painting, drawing, or photography)

    • the book gives a detailed picture of what is happening
    • he was the picture of his father
  2. noun. a description so vivid or graphic as to suggest a mental image or give an accurate idea of something

    • she was the very picture of health
    • took a hard look at his financial picture
  3. noun. a mental image

  4. verb. to form a mental image of: imagine

  5. verb. to describe graphically in words

  6. verb. to paint or draw a representation, image, or visual conception of: depict; also: illustrate

Origin

Middle English, from Latin pictura, from pictus, past participle of pingere to paint.

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