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

• picture
• image
• icon
• ikon

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

• painting
• picture

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

• mental_picture
• picture
• impression

a situation treated as an observable object

• the political picture is favorable
• the religious scene in England has changed in the last century

• picture
• scene

illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

• the dictionary had many pictures

• picture
• pictorial_matter

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

• movie
• film
• picture
• moving_picture
• moving-picture_show
• motion_picture
• motion-picture_show
• picture_show
• pic
• flick

the visible part of a television transmission

• they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone

• video
• picture

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

• word_picture
• word-painting
• delineation
• depiction
• picture
• characterization
• characterisation

a typical example of some state or quality

• the very picture of a modern general
• she was the picture of despair

• picture

a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material

• photograph
• photo
• exposure
• picture
• pic

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

• visualize
• visualise
• envision
• project
• fancy
• see
• figure
• picture
• image

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

• picture
• depict
• render
• show