noun

picture

PIHK-chuh

noun

A drawing, painting, or photograph representing something.

"She hung a picture of the coastline above the fireplace."

"He took a picture of the sunset on his phone."

A mental image or clear idea of something.

"The report gives a clear picture of what went wrong."

verb

To imagine something vividly, as if seeing it.

"Picture yourself relaxing on a beach with no phone in sight."

"He couldn't picture his old friend as a grandfather."

How to Use Picture

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishAn image, or the mental idea of one — as a noun a picture, as a verb to imagine.

Common pairings

paint a picture get the picture picture yourself

pictured past tense, pictures plural, pictures singular

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From Old French picture, from Latin pictūra ("a painting"), from pingere ("to paint").

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