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[ˈpɪktʃə] noun I

1) [C] a drawing, painting, or photograph

I'll stand over here, and you can take the picture (= make a photograph with a camera).[/ex]

a picture of the house where I was born[/ex]

She asked children to draw pictures of their family.[/ex]

2) [C] a description or idea of what someone or something is like

The book paints a picture of (= gives a description of) a man with a very lonely life.[/ex]

3) [C] an image in your mind

I have this picture in my head of Sam when he realized it was a joke.[/ex]

4) [singular] a situation

The picture has changed a lot recently.[/ex]

5) [singular] the image on a television or film screen, or the quality of the image

The picture isn't very good on this channel.[/ex]

6) [C] American

a film

It won the award for Best Picture.[/ex]

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the big picture — a whole situation, not just one part of it[/ex]

get the picture — informal to understand something[/ex]

put sb in the picture — British informal to give someone the information that they need in order to understand something[/ex]

Talking or writing about pictures ■ drawing a picture that is made using a pen or pencil ■ graphics the pictures in a magazine or a computer document ■ illustration a picture that appears in a book or magazine ■ painting a picture that is made using paints ■ photograph/photo a picture that is taken with a camera ■ portrait a picture of a person ■ sketch a picture that you create quickly, often in preparation for a more detailed drawing or painting II

verb [T]

picture [ˈpɪktʃə]

1) to imagine something

Try to picture what life was like in those days.[/ex]

I pictured myself lying in the sun on a beach.[/ex]

2) to show someone in a photograph, painting etc

Pictured above are some of the clothes from the new collection.[/ex]