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Picture
01
a visual representation of a scene, person, etc. produced by a camera
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
pictures
Examples
I took a beautiful picture of the sunset at the beach.
02
a drawing or painting, etc. of someone or something
Examples
She drew a picture of a sunset over the mountains for her art class.
03
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
04
an image that is visible on a cinema or television screen
05
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
06
a clear and telling mental image
07
a situation treated as an observable object
08
illustrations used to decorate or explain a text
09
a graphic or vivid verbal description
10
a typical example of some state or quality
to picture
01
to create a mental image or representation
Transitive: to picture sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
picture
3rd person singular
pictures
Present participle
picturing
Past simple
pictured
Past participle
pictured
Examples
As she listened to the story, she could easily picture the scenes unfolding.
02
to capture or represent something in a photograph or drawing
Transitive: to picture sb/sth
Examples
She pictures the stunning landscape with her camera during her travels.
Lexical Tree
pictural
picture
pict
