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picture definition

pic·ture (pik′c̸hər)

noun

    1. an image or likeness of an object, person, or scene produced on a flat surface, esp. by painting, drawing, or photography
    2. a printed reproduction of this
  2. anything closely resembling or strikingly typifying something else; perfect likeness or image to be the picture of one's mother, the picture of health
  3. anything regarded as having the compositional beauty of a painting or drawing
  4. a mental image or impression; idea
  5. a vivid or detailed description a picture of the times
  6. all the facts or conditions of an event, collectively; situation
  7. tableau
  8. film ()
  9. the image on a television screen

Etymology: ME pycture < L pictura < pictus, pp. of pingere, to paint

transitive verb pictured -·tured, picturing -·tur·ing

  1. to make a picture of by painting, drawing, photographing, etc.
  2. to make visible; show clearly; reflect
  3. to describe or explain
  4. to form a mental picture or impression of; imagine
picture Idioms

in (or out of) the picture

considered (or not considered) as involved in a situation

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