pictures

pic-tures · noun/verb

imported

Definitions

noun/verb

  1. 1.

    Visual representations made by painting, drawing, photography, or other means.

  2. 2.

    Imagines or visualizes something in the mind.

  3. 3.

    Photographs.

  4. 4.

    Represents in a picture or photograph.

  5. 5.

    Films or movies (British, informal).

  6. 6.

    Mental images or impressions.

Phrases & expressions

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    the big picture — the overall situation or perspective
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    picture perfect — ideal; exactly right
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    get the picture — to understand the situation
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    paint a picture — to describe something vividly
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    pretty as a picture — very attractive
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    go to the pictures — to go to the cinema (British)
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    a picture is worth a thousand words — images communicate more effectively than words

Related words

See also: film, image, photo, photograph, picture
Synonyms: depictions, illustrations, images, photographs

Etymology

From Latin pictūra ("the art of painting, a painting"), from pictus, past participle of pingere ("to paint"). Entered English via Old French picture in the 15th century.