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(n) 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"
(n) 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"
(n) 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"
(n) a situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"
(n) illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures"
(n) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
(n) the visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"
(n) 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"
(n) a typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"
(v) 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"
(v) 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"

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