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I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence.
Lacey Chabert

Meaning of "picture" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PICTURE

From Latin pictūra painting, from pingere to paint.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PICTURE

picture  [ˈpɪktʃə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PICTURE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Picture is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb picture in English.

WHAT DOES PICTURE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

picture

Image

An image is an artifact that depicts or records visual perception, for example a two-dimensional picture, that has a similar appearance to some subject – usually a physical object or a person, thus providing a depiction of it.

Definition of picture in the English dictionary

The first definition of picture in the dictionary is a visual representation of something, such as a person or scene, produced on a surface, as in a photograph, painting, etc. Other definition of picture is a mental image or impression. Picture is also a verbal description, esp one that is vivid.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PICTURE

PRESENT

Present
I picture
you picture
he/she/it pictures
we picture
you picture
they picture
Present continuous
I am picturing
you are picturing
he/she/it is picturing
we are picturing
you are picturing
they are picturing
Present perfect
I have pictured
you have pictured
he/she/it has pictured
we have pictured
you have pictured
they have pictured
Present perfect continuous
I have been picturing
you have been picturing
he/she/it has been picturing
we have been picturing
you have been picturing
they have been picturing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pictured
you pictured
he/she/it pictured
we pictured
you pictured
they pictured
Past continuous
I was picturing
you were picturing
he/she/it was picturing
we were picturing
you were picturing
they were picturing
Past perfect
I had pictured
you had pictured
he/she/it had pictured
we had pictured
you had pictured
they had pictured
Past perfect continuous
I had been picturing
you had been picturing
he/she/it had been picturing
we had been picturing
you had been picturing
they had been picturing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will picture
you will picture
he/she/it will picture
we will picture
you will picture
they will picture
Future continuous
I will be picturing
you will be picturing
he/she/it will be picturing
we will be picturing
you will be picturing
they will be picturing
Future perfect
I will have pictured
you will have pictured
he/she/it will have pictured
we will have pictured
you will have pictured
they will have pictured
Future perfect continuous
I will have been picturing
you will have been picturing
he/she/it will have been picturing
we will have been picturing
you will have been picturing
they will have been picturing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would picture
you would picture
he/she/it would picture
we would picture
you would picture
they would picture
Conditional continuous
I would be picturing
you would be picturing
he/she/it would be picturing
we would be picturing
you would be picturing
they would be picturing
Conditional perfect
I would have picture
you would have picture
he/she/it would have picture
we would have picture
you would have picture
they would have picture
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been picturing
you would have been picturing
he/she/it would have been picturing
we would have been picturing
you would have been picturing
they would have been picturing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you picture
we let´s picture
you picture
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to picture
Past participle
pictured
Present Participle
picturing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PICTURE


acupuncture
ˈækjʊˌpʌŋktʃə
architecture
ˈɑːkɪˌtɛktʃə
conjecture
kənˈdʒɛktʃə
depicture
dɪˈpɪktʃə
facture
ˈfæktʃə
fracture
ˈfræktʃə
infrastructure
ˈɪnfrəˌstrʌktʃə
juncture
ˈdʒʌŋktʃə
lecture
ˈlɛktʃə
manufacture
ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃə
microstructure
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌstrʌktʃə
multipicture
ˌmʌltɪˈpɪktʃə
overpicture
ˌəʊvəˈpɪktʃə
picture-in-picture
ˌpɪktʃəɪnˈpɪktʃə
puncture
ˈpʌŋktʃə
restructure
riːˈstrʌktʃə
stricture
ˈstrɪktʃə
structure
ˈstrʌktʃə
superstructure
ˈsuːpəˌstrʌktʃə
venipuncture
ˈvɛnɪˌpʌŋktʃə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PICTURE

pictural
picture book
picture card
picture desk
picture editor
picture frame
picture gallery
picture hat
picture house
picture library
picture messaging
picture moulding
picture palace
picture phone
picture postcard
picture rail
picture show
picture tube
picture window
picture writing

WORDS THAT END LIKE PICTURE

adventure
capital structure
computer architecture
data structure
deep structure
fine structure
get the picture
in the picture
information architecture
landscape architecture
lumbar puncture
motion picture
moving picture
prefecture
remanufacture
sentence structure
stress fracture
substructure
tincture
ultrastructure
word picture

Synonyms and antonyms of picture in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PICTURE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «picture» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of picture

Translation of «picture» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PICTURE

Find out the translation of picture to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of picture from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «picture» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

图画
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

imagen
570 millions of speakers

English

picture
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तस्वीर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صُورَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

картина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quadro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছবি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

image
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gambar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bild
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사진
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gambar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tranh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

படம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चित्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

resim
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

immagine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obraz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

картина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

desen
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εικόνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prentjie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bild
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bilde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of picture

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PICTURE»

The term «picture» is very widely used and occupies the 921 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of picture
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «picture».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PICTURE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «picture» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «picture» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about picture

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10 QUOTES WITH «PICTURE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word picture.
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Debbie Allen
The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then.
2
Dario Argento
Each film I make changes me in some way. When I start the picture I'm one person and by the time I finish I'm another.
3
Eve Arnold
I realize that I had the best of serious picture journalism.
4
David Attenborough
The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?
5
Peter L. Bergen
I've interviewed multiple people who know bin Laden... who tend to have a universal picture of what he's like, which is: modest, retiring, unassuming, kind of thoughtful - lots of things that don't fit with a mass murderer, which he is as well.
6
Shane Black
An action film can have too much action; picture an equaliser on a stereo, with all the knobs pegged at 10. It becomes a cacophony and is, ultimately, quite boring.
7
Regina Brett
Sometimes you have to disconnect to stay connected. Remember the old days when you had eye contact during a conversation? When everyone wasn't looking down at a device in their hands? We've become so focused on that tiny screen that we forget the big picture, the people right in front of us.
8
Anthony Browne
The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and share at that age stays with us for life.
9
Lacey Chabert
I like to take pictures of lots of things: people-such as my nephews, my dogs, and just interesting objects that I see. For instance, I might take a picture of flowers by the side of the road, an old sign or a fence.
10
Marc Chagall
When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PICTURE»

Discover the use of picture in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to picture and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Social Skills Picture Book: For High School and Beyond
Designed for highschoolers with social communication problems, this book encourages students to examine photographs of social interations and determine the most appropriate responses.
Jed Baker, 2006
2
The Arrival
This silent graphic novel is the story of every migrant, every refugee, every displaced person, and a tribute to all those who have made the journey.
‎2007
3
A Picture Book of Martin Luther King, Jr
A brief, illustrated, biography of the Baptist minister and civil rights leader whose philosophy and practice of nonviolent civil disobedience helped American blacks win many battles for equal rights.
David A. Adler, 1989
4
The Autism Social Skills Picture Book: Teaching ...
Colorful pictures demonstrating nearly thirty social skills, including conversation, play, emotion management, and empathy, help engage and motivate students who need extra help learning appropriate social skills.
Jed Baker, 2001
5
The Day The Crayons Quit
Debut author Drew Daywalt and international bestseller Oliver Jeffers team up to create a colourful solution to a crayon-based crisis in this playful, imaginative story that will have children laughing and playing with their crayons in a ...
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers, 2013
6
Picture Books for Children
Provides an introduction to picture books and the criteria for their evaluation, grouped by such themes as family, the world, and imagination
Patricia J. Cianciolo, 1997
7
The Big Picture: Education is Everyone's Business
Exploring a philosophy of personalized learning, explains the principles and rationale of a model for schooling that gives students what they need most.
Dennis Littky, 2004
8
Picture Books for Children: Fiction, Folktales, and Poetry
Revised edition of: Picture books for children / Patricia J. Cianciolo. Fourth edition. 1997.
Mary Northrup, 2012
9
The Printed Picture
Presented as a series of one-page essays opposite the pictures they examine, the book retains the lively, engaging style of the informal lectures through which Benson developed his ideas over the course of thirty years at Yale University.
Richard Benson, 2008
10
The Lost Thing
A boy discovers a bizarre-looking creature while out collecting bottle-tops at a beach.
‎2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PICTURE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term picture is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Ghost' face photobombs group picture in historic city centre pub
“The picture was of a group of us who had been dancing. “I saw the face but didn't recognise it. "At first I was trying to figure out if it was the light ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Discover A Trove Of Hollywood Treasures At The Motion Picture
Summer blockbuster season is upon us. Dinosaurs, little yellow minions, an ant-man, all vying for our hard-earned entertainment dollars. «NPR, Jul 15»
3
Oscar Shamed As BBC List Of 100 Greatest American Films Largely …
Worse than that statistic for the lasting influence of the Academy's Best Picture choices, according to this poll, a whopping 60, count 'em, ... «Deadline, Jul 15»
4
Hulk Hogan retweets picture of Kolo Toure as Twitter users bombard …
And Liverpool FC defender Kolo Toure has played an unlikely role in the affair - with his picture being used by an alleged "supporter" of Hogan, ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
5
Liverpool news: Liverpool troll Mario Balotelli by cutting him out of …
The 24-year-old, who has recently been linked with a cringe move to a club in the third tier of Italian football, was cropped out of a picture on ... «Metro, Jul 15»
6
Sebastião Salgado focuses on big picture with parable of …
The Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado with images from his Genesis exhibition at a gallery in Hong Kong. Photograph: Isaac ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
7
Handyman Help: Aligning cabinet doors, picture frames
When hanging a picture frame, measuring is key, especially if you want the frames to line up. Make sure to measure to the high point of the wire ... «WMUR Manchester, Jul 15»
8
Dramatic picture shows car on roof after crash in Grimsby
A dramatic picture has been released showing a car on its roof after it overturned in Grimsby on Sunday evening. Humberside Police's Roads ... «Grimsby Telegraph, Jul 15»
9
The Big Picture: U2's tour art takes a page from particle physics
Who said that science can't be pretty? Certainly not artist Jeff Frost. When U2 asked Frost for tour art that reflected a "neural net of humanity," he ... «Engadget, Jul 15»
10
Bleak job equity picture as whites still dominate
EMPLOYMENT Equity statistics released by the Commission of Employment Equity have painted a bleak picture of transformation in the ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»

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