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picture.

A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɪk.t͡ʃə/Australia, Received-Pronunciation[ˈpʰɪk.t͡ʃə]Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈpək.t͡ʃə/New-Zealand[ˈpʰək.t͡ʃə]New-Zealand

  1. A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.

  2. An image; a representation as in the imagination.

  3. A painting.

    There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.

  4. A photograph.

    I took a picture of the church.

  5. A motion picture.

    India · dated
    Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.

  6. ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).

    in-plural · informal
    Let's go to the pictures.

  7. A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).

    She's the very picture of health.

  8. An attractive sight.

    The garden is a real picture at this time of year.

  9. The art of painting; representation by painting.

  10. A figure; a model.

  11. Situation.

    The employment picture for the older middle class is not so good.
    You can't just look at the election, you've got to look at the big picture.

  12. A sample of an illegal drug.

    Multicultural-London-English
    If you want me to buy your weed I’ll need a picture.

  13. A format string in the COBOL programming language.

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English picture, from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“to paint”). Doublet of pictura.

verb/ˈpɪk.t͡ʃə/Australia, Received-Pronunciation[ˈpʰɪk.t͡ʃə]Australia, Received-Pronunciation/ˈpək.t͡ʃə/New-Zealand[ˈpʰək.t͡ʃə]New-Zealand

  1. To represent in or with a picture.

    transitive

  2. To imagine or envision.

    transitive

  3. To depict or describe vividly.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle English picture, from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“to paint”). Doublet of pictura.

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