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picture

Noun

A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface (synset 103937282)
"they showed us the pictures of their wedding"; "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"

is a type of: representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
subtypes:
- bitmap, electronic image - an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels
- chiaroscuro - a monochrome picture made by using several different shades of the same color
- collage, montage - a paste-up made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs to form an artistic image
- foil, transparency - picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
- computer graphic, graphic - an image that is generated by a computer
- iconography - the images and symbolic representations that are traditionally associated with a person or a subject
- inset - a small picture inserted within the bounds or a larger one
- likeness, semblance - picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing
- cyclorama, diorama, panorama - a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene
- reflection, reflexion - the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)
- cat scan, scan - an image produced by scanning
- echogram, sonogram - an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs
same as: icon, ikon, image
Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface (synset 103882197)
"a small painting by Picasso"; "he bought the painting as an investment"; "his pictures hang in the Louvre"

is a type of: graphic art - the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking
subtypes:
- abstraction - an abstract painting
- cityscape - painting depicting a city or urban area
- daub - an unskillful painting
- distemper - a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder
- finger-painting - a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers
- icon, ikon - a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
- landscape - painting depicting an expanse of natural scenery
- illumination, miniature - painting or drawing included in a book (especially in illuminated medieval manuscripts)
- monochrome - painting done in a range of tones of a single color
- mural, wall painting - a painting that is applied to a wall surface
- nude, nude painting - a painting of a naked human figure
- oil painting - a picture painted with oil paints
- pentimento - the reappearance in a painting of an underlying image that had been painted over (usually when the later painting becomes transparent with age)
- sand painting - a painting done by Amerindians (especially Navaho); made of fine colored sands on a neutral background
- seascape, waterscape - a painting of the sea (as distinguished from a landscape)
- semi-abstraction - a semiabstract painting
- still life - a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers
- tanka - a Tibetan religious painting on fabric
- trompe l'oeil - a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer concerning its reality
- water-color, water-colour, watercolor, watercolour - a painting produced with watercolors
same as: painting
A clear and telling mental image (synset 105945422)
"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"

is a type of: image, mental image - an iconic mental representation

same as: impression, mental picture
A situation treated as an observable object (synset 113960108)
"the political picture is favorable"; "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century"

is a type of: situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time

same as: scene
Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text (synset 107012096)
"the dictionary had many pictures"

is a type of: illustration - artwork that helps make something clear or attractive

same as: pictorial matter
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement (synset 106626039)
"they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
associated with:
- dub - provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
- synchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
- film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something
- tape, videotape - record on videotape
- reshoot - shoot again
is a type of:
- product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
- show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment
subtypes:
- telefilm - a movie that is made to be shown on television
- feature, feature film - the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
- final cut - the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer
- home movie - a film made at home by an amateur photographer
- collage film - a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage
- coming attraction - a movie that is advertised to draw customers
- shoot-'em-up - a movie featuring shooting and violence
- short subject - a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature
- docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
- cinema verite - a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director
- film noir - a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters
- skin flick - a pornographic movie
- rough cut - the first print of a movie after preliminary editing
- silent movie, silent picture, silents - a movie without a soundtrack
- slow motion - a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate
- talkie, talking picture - a movie with synchronized speech and singing
- 3-d, 3d, three-d - a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance
- musical, musical comedy, musical theater - a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
has:
- episode, sequence - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
- credit - an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
- caption, subtitle - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- credits - a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film)
- scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
same as: film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show
The visible part of a television transmission (synset 106288456)
"they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone"

is a type of: visual communication - communication that relies on vision

is a part of: telecasting, television, tv, video - broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects

same as: video
A graphic or vivid verbal description (synset 107216464)
"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"

is a type of: description, verbal description - a statement that represents something in words
subtypes:
- epithet - descriptive word or phrase
- portrait, portraiture, portrayal - a word picture of a person's appearance and character
same as: characterisation, characterization, delineation, depiction, word picture, word-painting
A typical example of some state or quality (synset 105774074)
"the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"

is a type of: exemplification, typification - a representational or typifying form or model
A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format (synset 103931348)
is a type of: representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
subtypes:
- beefcake - a photograph of a muscular man in minimal attire
- black and white, monochrome - a black-and-white photograph or slide
- blueprint - photographic print of plans or technical drawings etc.
- cheesecake - a photograph of an attractive woman in minimal attire
- closeup - a photograph taken at close range
- daguerreotype - a photograph made by an early photographic process; the image was produced on a silver plate sensitized to iodine and developed in mercury vapor
- blowup, enlargement, magnification - a photographic print that has been enlarged
- frame - a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film
- glossy - a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper
- headshot - a photograph of a person's head
- hologram, holograph - the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography
- longshot - a photograph taken from a distance
- microdot - photograph reduced to the size of a dot (usually for purposes of security)
- arial mosaic, mosaic, photomosaic - arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture
- mug shot, mugshot - a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)
- photocopy - a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work
- stock image, stock photograph - an exisitng photograph licensed for a specific use
- photographic print, print - a printed picture produced from a photographic negative
- photomicrograph - a photograph taken with the help of a microscope
- radiogram, radiograph, shadowgraph, skiagram, skiagraph - a photographic image produced on a radiosensitive surface by radiation other than visible light (especially by X-rays or gamma rays)
- shot, snap, snapshot - an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- spectrogram, spectrograph - a photographic record of a spectrum
- stereo, stereoscopic photograph, stereoscopic picture - two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together
- still - a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes)
- telephoto, telephotograph - a photograph made with a telephoto lens
- telephotograph - a photograph transmitted and reproduced over a distance
- time exposure - a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time
- vignette - a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
- wedding picture - photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding
- scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
same as: exposure, photo, photograph, pic

Verb

Imagine;
Conceive of;
See in one's mind (synset 201638974)
"I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy"

is a type of: conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine - form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case

same as: envision, fancy, figure, image, project, see, visualise, visualize
verb group:
- realise, realize, see, understand - perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
- visualise, visualize - form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract
Show in, or as in, a picture (synset 201690851)
"This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"

referred to in: art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant things

is a type of: interpret, represent - create an image or likeness of
subtypes:
- illustrate - depict with an illustration
- map - depict as if on a map
same as: depict, render, show

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