Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: picture
IPA transcription: [p'ɪktʃɚ]
Pronunciations of picture
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: picture, image, icon, ikon
    Meaning: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface; "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
  • Synonyms: painting, picture
    Meaning: graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface; "a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"
  • Synonyms: mental_picture, picture, impression
    Meaning: a clear and telling mental image; "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"
  • Synonyms: picture, scene
    Meaning: a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
  • Synonyms: picture, pictorial_matter
    Meaning: illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures"
  • Synonyms: movie, film, picture, moving_picture, moving-picture_show, motion_picture, motion-picture_show, picture_show, pic, flick
    Meaning: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
  • Synonyms: video, picture
    Meaning: the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
  • Synonyms: word_picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation
    Meaning: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "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"
  • Synonyms: picture
    Meaning: a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture, image
    Meaning: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"
  • Synonyms: picture, depict, render, show
    Meaning: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
Usage examples
  • Kate studied the picture.
  • "Just picture it, my dear chap!
  • Not a modern picture among them.
  • Blackness touched the picture there.
  • She looked the very picture of grief.
  • She turned once more to the city picture.
  • Henriette was a perfect picture of despair.
  • We looked at the picture which he presented.
  • Her room was the picture of calmness and order.
  • In the picture book, too, everything was living.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Merkle tree, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Xenu, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Miracle on 34th Street, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of the Grand Canyon area, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Star Trek, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Dog (Goya), License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Red vs. Blue, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Parity of zero, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Helium, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 1937 Fox vault fire, License CC BY-SA 4.0