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Picture

Definition: Picture

Picture

Noun

1. A visual representation of an object or scene or person 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".

2. 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".

3. 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".

4. A situation treated as an observable object; "the political picture is favorable" or "the religious scene in England has changed in the last century".

5. Illustrations used to decorate or explain a text; "the dictionary had many pictures".

6. 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".

7. The visible part of a television transmission; "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone".

8. 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".

9. A typical example of some state or quality; "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair".

Verb

1. 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".

2. 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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "picture" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Etymology: Picture \Pic"ture\, noun. [Latin pictura, from pingere, pictum, to paint: compare to French peinture. See Paint.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Picture

DomainDefinition

Satire

PICTURE, n. A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three. "Behold great Daubert's picture here on view -- Taken from Life." If that description's true, Grant, heavenly Powers, that I be taken, too. Jali Hane. Source: Devil's Dictionary.

Computing

Picture image. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.

Literature

Picture A model, or beau-ideal, as, He is the picture of health; A perfect picture of a house. (Latin, pictura.)
The Picture. Massinger has borrowed the plot of this play from Bandello of Piedmont, who wrote novelles or tales in the fifteenth century. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Mining

A screen to shelter workers from falling water. (references)

Post & Telecom

Displayed television picture resulting from the presentation of one complete cycle of scanning in accordance with the system standards. Source: European Union. (references)

Publishing & Graphic Arts

A photograph, drawing, portrait, map, plan, plate, table, facsimile, diagram, etc. , placed in a document to elucidate the text. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Image

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

An image (from Latin imago) or picture is a visual reproduction of an object or a person, either by using optics (using a camera, mirror, refraction, telescope, microscope, etc.), or by artistic methods such as drawing or painting.

See also:

In mathematics, an image is a value or set of values of a function. Specifically, let f be a function from the set X to the set Y. If a is an element of X, then its image under f is the value f(a). If A is a subset of X, then its image under f is defined to be f(A) := {f(a) : a in A}. Finally, the image of f itself is f(X), the same as the range of f. In religion, an image is an idol or icon. In philosophy, an image is a conception or idea. In Comics, Image is a publisher of such characters as Spawn. See Image Comics.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Image."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Picture

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
PICTEnglishPICTure FormatN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Picture

Synonyms: characterisation (n), characterization (n), delineation (n), depiction (n), film (n), flick (n), icon (n), ikon (n), image (n), impression (n), mental picture (n), motion picture (n), movie (n), moving picture (n), painting (n), pic (n), pictorial matter (n), picture show (n), scene (n), video (n), word picture (n), word-painting (n), depict (v), envision (v), fancy (v), figure (v), project (v), render (v), see (v), show (v), visualize (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Picture

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Cheerfulness

Verb: be cheerful; Adjective: have the mind at ease, smile, put a good face upon, keep up one's spirits; view the bright side of the picture, view things en couleur de rose; ridentem dicere virum, cheer up, brighten up, light up, bear up; chirp, take heart, cast away care, drive dull care away, perk up.

Copy

Image, picture, photo, xerox, similitude, semblance, ectype, photo offset, electrotype; imitation; model, representation, adumbration, study; portrait; (representation); resemblance.

Correspondence

Noun: correspondence, letter, epistle, note, billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux; chit, chitty, letter card, picture post card; postal, card; despatch; dispatch; bulletin, these presents; rescript, rescription; post; (messenger).

Description

Verb: describe; set forth; (state); draw a picture, picture; portray; (represent); characterize, particularize; narrate, relate, recite, recount, sum up, run over, recapitulate, rehearse, fight one's battles over again.

Imagination

Visualize, envision, conjure up a vision; fancy oneself, represent oneself, picture, picture-oneself, figure to oneself; vorstellen.

Painting

Picture, painting, piece, tableau, canvas; oil painting; fresco, cartoon; easel picture, cabinet picture, draught, draft; pencil; drawing, water color drawing, etching, charcoal, pen-and-ink; sketch, outline, study.

Picture gallery, exhibit; studio, atelier; pinacotheca.

Representation

Picture, photo, photograph, daguerreotype, snapshot; X-ray photo; movie film, movie; tracing, scan, TV image, video image, image file, graphics, computer graphics, televideo, closed-circuit TVerb:

Similarity

Exact; (true); lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium, cast in the same mold, ridiculously like.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Picture

English words defined with "picture": Cabinet pictureIdentikit picturemental picturepicture card, picture element, picture frame, picture postcard, picture tube, Picture writing, Poker pictureSand picture, Sun pictureTo cradle a pictureWord picture. (references)
Specialty definitions using "picture": bidirectionally predictive-coded pictureDC-coded picture, DRAWING THE KING'S PICTUREINSPECTOR, PICTURE FRAMES, intra-coded pictureMotion Picture Experts Group, motion picture film, Moving Picture Expert Group, Moving Picture Experts GroupPicture Bible, PICTURE FRAMER, Picture Galleries, Picture Quality Scale, picture synthesis, PITT'S PICTURE, predictive-coded pictureSHERIFF'S PICTURE FRAME. (references)
Etymologies containing "picture": taffrail. (references)

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Modern Usage: Picture

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Uh, is that what this is a picture of (The Big Lebowski; writing credit: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen)

I don't even have a picture of him. He exists now only in my memory (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron)

Okay, umm, if you ever get bored with your man, it's perfectly okay to picture someone else's head on his body (Nutty Professor II: The Klumps; writing credit: Jerry Lewis; Steve Oedekerk)

You see my picture in the paper (Analyze This; writing credit: Kenneth Lonergan; Peter Tolan)

We were supposed to draw a picture, anything we wanted (The Sixth Sense; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan)

Lyrics

You're a picture to remember (Mental Picture; performing artist: Jon Secada)

I just saw a picture, from the lost and found (When I Say; performing artist: Air Supply)

I keep your picture beside my bed, (How Come You Don't Call Me Anymore; performing artist: Alicia Keys)

Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show ("Ode to Billy Joe"; performing artist: Bobbie Gentry)

Look in the mirror, there is a picture (Thank U In Advance; performing artist: Boyz II Men)

Clever

One picture is worth more than ten thousand words. (references; author: Chinese Proverb)

You don't look at a picture of a Chevy when you drive a Cadillac. (references; author: unknown)

If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip. (references; author: unknown)

Movie/TV Titles

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1973)

A Picture of Us (1973)

The Stanley Baxter Picture Show (1972)

Picture to Post (1969)

A Class Picture of the CCAC Film Class of '65 Actually Taught by Bruce Conner in the Tradition of Lumière (1965)

Song Titles

Mental Picture (performing artist: Jon Secada)

Picture (performing artist: Kid Rock & Sheryl Crow)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Picture

DomainTitle

References

  • The 2000-2005 Outlook for Motion Picture Production, Distribution, and Theaters in Asia (reference)

  • The World Market for Statuettes and Ornaments, Photograph or Picture Frames, and Mirrors made of Base Metal: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • Great English Novels/Pride and Prejudice/a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man/Heart of Darkness/the Picture of Dorian Gray (reference)

  • Picture Journeys in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias: America's Largest National Park (reference)

  • Word by Word Picture Dictionary Spanish/English Edition (reference)

  • 25 Terrific Art Projects Based on Favorite Picture Books: Easy How-To's for Delightful Art Projects That Enrich Kids' Reading Experience (reference)

  • Phacomatosis in Japan: Epidemiology, Clinical Picture and Molecular Biology (Gann Monograph on Cancer Research, 46) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  

Music

  • Sleepy Hollow: Music from the Motion Picture [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  • Honeymoon In Vegas: Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  • Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  • Hook: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  • Hoop Dreams - An Extraordinary True Story: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

    (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

  

High Tech

  • MCS INDUSTRIES 06015 8x10 SINGLE MAT FOR 5x7 PICTURE - COLOR: HUNTER (reference)

  • MCS INDUSTRIES 06303 5x7 SINGLE MAT FOR 4x6 PICTURE - COLOR: HUNTER (reference)

  • DVD Picture Show-Imaging Suite (reference)

  • Samsung SCD67 MiniDV Digital Video Camcorder with 2.5" LCD, Picture in Picture, & Digital Still Capability [MINIDV] (reference)

  • MCS INDUSTRIES 04452 4"x6" CLASSIC TRENDS PICTURE FRAME - GREEN MARBLE FINISH (reference)

    (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Picture

Photos:
Picture

More pictures...

Illustrations:
Picture

More pictures...

Computer Images:
Picture

More pictures...

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Photo Album: Picture

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

Pictured are instruments used in endoscopy. They are highlighted in an otherwise dark picture and lying on a textured cloth. Shown are flexible fibers, a small brush and a third instrument in some photos. The fibers transmit high intensity light through the endoscope shown. The brushes are used to take biopsies. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

The image shows a father holding a young child on his lap. They seem to be watching an event outside of the picture. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Motorized bin in old CDC Still Picture Archive, Building 2, Clifton Road. Credit: CDC.

Crewmembers of STS-71, Mir-18 and Mir-19 Pose for Inflight Picture. Credit: NASA.

First Picture from Explorer VI Satellite. Credit: NASA.

This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope picture of a recently-formed “planetary nebula,” known ... Credit: NASA.

This visible-light picture, taken by the Hubble telescope, reveals an intergalactic ... Credit: NASA.

View of Africa and Saudi Arabia from Apollo 17.Probably the most requested picture of the Earth, this picture was taken by the Apollo17 astronauts as they left earth orbit en route to the Moon. Taken on Dec. 7, 1972,it was the first time that the trajectory of an Apollo mission enabled a view ofthe south pole. Credit: NASA.

This image was taken by Voyager as it left the Earth-Moon system and looked back. It was the first picture taken by a spacecraft which included both the Earth and Moon. Credit: NASA.

Splash as humpback - Megaptera novaeangliae - hits the water after breaching. This picture won the whale cannonball contest. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Picture
 

"Old picture" by Thomas Johansson
Commentary: "This is a detail of an old tin can, from the 1930 and the can is made in Sweden."
"Picture in the shopping thing" by Adam Brown
Commentary: "This is in Milan."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Picture

AuthorQuotation

Aristotle

The soul never thinks without a picture.

Bacon

The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.

Charles Caleb Colton

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Chinese Proverb

One picture is worth more than ten thousand words.

Doris Lessing

It is terrible to destroy a person's picture of himself in the interests of truth or some other abstraction.

Edmond and Jules De Goncourt

That which, perhaps, hears more nonsense than anything in the world, is a picture in a museum.

Horace

A picture is a poem without words.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Vincent Van Gogh

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Picture

TitleAuthorQuote

After Three Days

Carroll, Lewis

Thus, as a sunless deep Mirrors the shining heights that crown the bay, So did my soul create anew in sleep The picture seen by day.

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

We mention this merely to complete the picture of the convent in the mind of the reader

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Peter Parley himself was on the first page in a picture.

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

On the wall a picture of an Indian girl in color, labeled Red Wing

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

There is not a nail to hang a picture on, nor a shelf to receive the bust of a hero or a saint

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Picture

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The picture below shows a fox with rabies. (references)

The dog in this picture has been diagnosed with rabies. (references)

To get a good picture of your individual needs, ask your doctor. (references)

Business

Latent demand only represents half the picture. (references)

After the crisis the picture has completely changed. (references)

They supply 50 percent of the U.S. market for picture frames and moldings. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iceland

The law bans the production, exhibition, distribution, or sale of "violent" movies, which "strive to show mistreatment or the brutal killing of men or animals." A six-member Motion Picture Review Committee, appointed by the Minister of Education and Culture, reviews all movies before they are shown and rates their suitability for children. (references)

India

The eastern part of the country presented a varied picture with regard to religious freedom during the year. (references)

Bangladesh

Reports alleged that a BNP leader incited the activists to assault Abdullah for publishing press accounts connected to the BNP. On April 24, Muniruddin Ahmed, a staff correspondent of the Dhaka-based Bangla-language daily Inqilab in Khulna, was assaulted, allegedly by Awami League activists, at the Picture Palace Crossing in Khulna City while on assignment. (references)

Economic History

Colombia

Delays, because of both legal issues and investor concerns about the security and economic picture, have occurred. (references)

Nigeria

Motion Picture Association (MPA) member companies claimed they did not receive their contractual compensation promised by the Nigerian Government following the nationalization, nor were the companies able to repatriate their assets from Nigeria. (references)

Netherlands

Annual losses to the U. S. motion picture industry due to audiovisual piracy in the Netherlands have been estimated at $10 million in 2000. The Dutch government has recognized the need to protect intellectual property rights, and law enforcement personnel have worked with industry associations to find and seize pirated software. (references)

Human Rights

South Africa

This process includes electronically storing the fingerprints and picture of the accused, which assists authorities in minimizing the incidence of mistaken identity or deliberate identity switching by detainees, thereby limiting the chances of escape. (references)

Korea

The Government considers critics of the regime to be "political criminals." Numerous reports suggest that political offenses have in the past included such behavior as sitting on newspapers bearing Kim Il Sung's picture, or (in the case of a professor reportedly sentenced to work as a laborer) noting in class that Kim Il Sung had received little formal education. (references)

Minorities

Japan

Instead of fingerprinting, the Government established a family registry system that uses the resident's picture and signature and contains information on parents and spouses living in the country, a system similar to that used for citizens. (references)

Political Economy

PERU

Industry data show that piracy in the software and motion picture industries has declined sharply since the mid-1990s. (references)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) estimates that losses in the Dominican Republic due to theft of satellite-carried programming are one million dollars per year. (references)

COLOMBIA

The U.S. Motion Picture Association (MPA) estimates that at least 90 percent of the video market is pirate or systematically involved in unauthorized transmissions of MPA member company products. (references)

Trade

Philippines

In lieu of product sample, a colored picture of each product may be submitted. (references)

Worker Rights

Japan

Since trafficked women generally are deported under immigration law as prostitutes, immigration statistics may provide only a rough picture of the scale of the problem. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

PHOTOGRAPH, n. A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art. It is a little better than the work of an Apache, but not quite so good as that of a Cheyenne.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Picture

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Anthony Quinn

Yeah, yeah. And I had known Peter O'Toole before in London. And I'd liked him very much. And the thought of being in a picture with him was very challenging to me. And he was playing the starring role.

Art Linkletter

Makes me wonder. When I see the figures on the amount of money that pornography films make a year, more than the motion picture business.

Dennis Miller

I picture a world where you can buy a turkey that is all white meat.

Judy Sheindlin

Well, the tabloid has a picture of my husband walking in front of another gal who used to serve me poached eggs in the morning.

Rod Steiger

Awards are great until your first picture don't make money. You're the biggest man in the world for the time it takes to go from the microphone into the press box. If next picture don't make money, you know, that's it.

Rush Limbaugh

This side-by-side picture of John Kerry and Lurch tells you all you need to know about this guy.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Speeches: Picture

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Quincy Adams

1825-1829To admit that this picture has its shades is but to say that it is still the condition of men upon earth.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837The relations of our country continue to present the same picture of amicable intercourse that I had the satisfaction to hold up to your view at the opening of your last session.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963But few people would hold to that picture today.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969Greater revenues and the reduced Federal spending required by Congress last year have changed the budgetary picture dramatically since last January when we made our estimates.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989At the back of the chair was painted the picture of a sun on the horizon.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Picture

"Picture" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.14% of the time. "Picture" is used about 10,626 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)97.14%10,322906
Lexical Verb (infinitive)1.95%20721,147
Lexical Verb (base form)0.55%5844,427
Noun (proper)0.37%3955,036
                    Total100.00%10,626N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Picture

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "picture".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
RekemN/ABiblical

Divers picture

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Usage in Company Names: Picture

CountryName
Taiwan

Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd.

 (more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Picture

Expressions using "picture": Animated picture as beautiful as a picture automatic picture transmission be in the picture Cabinet picture cover picture drawing or picture drow a picture Easel picture Edmond's picture chart fantasy picture framing of a picture furniture picture general picture genre picture get the picture grey level picture group picture halftone picture he is picture of health he is the picture of his father holy picture identikit picture interlaced picture ISO Joint Picture Expert Group Living picture low tone picture memory picture mental picture motion picture motion Picture Experts Group motion picture film motion picture producer mount a picture moving picture moving Picture Expert Group moving Picture Experts Group moving picture machine news picture out of the picture paint a picture paint a picture of smth. paint a rosier picture panoramic picture pen picture picture book picture box picture card picture diagram picture element picture frame picture gallery picture hat picture hook picture house picture making picture monitor picture oneself picture palace picture plane picture postcard picture poster picture puzzle picture Quality Scale picture rail picture red picture report Picture Rocks picture show picture size picture sticking picture story picture symbol picture synthesis picture taking picture theater picture theatre picture to oneself picture transmission picture tube picture unit picture window picture writing poker picture pretty as a picture put him in the picture put in the picture put smb. in the picture puzzle picture reversed picture sand picture satellite picture sepia picture shadow picture slow motion picture Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers stereoscopic picture still picture sun picture take a picture take picture. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "picture": picture-album, picture-archiving, picture-based, picture-book, picture-books, picture-box, picture-buyer, picture-by-picture, picture-covered, picture-drawing, picture-edits, picture-faker, picture-frame, picture-frames, picture-framing, picture-galleries, picture-gallery, picture-glyphs, picture-goer, picture-halls, picture-harmonics, picture-house, picture-houses, picture-imp, picture-in-picture, picture-labelled, picture-language, picture-led, picture-lending, picture-like, picture-lined, picture-loving, picture-making, picture-naming, picture-obsessed, picture-palace, picture-perfect, picture-plane, picture-postcard, picture-postcards, picture-rail, picture-reader, picture-recognition, picture-recognizing, picture-recording, picture-resolution, picture-seller, picture-selling, picture-sequence, picture-space, picture-square, picture-story, picture-strip, picture-strips, picture-tables, picture-taking, picture-to, picture-watching, picture-window, picture-writing.

Ending with "picture": word-picture, world-picture.

Containing "picture": motion-picture camera, motion-picture fan, motion-picture film, motion-picture photography.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Picture

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

picture

43,847

xxx free picture

4,239

funny picture

26,410

hair style picture

4,105

free sex picture

16,238

picture frame

4,043

tattoo picture

13,698

flower picture

3,896

sex picture

12,063

horse picture

3,882

free porn picture

11,895

teen picture

3,843

nude picture free

9,795

ghost picture

3,840

dragon picture

6,115

picture of pussy

3,746

free picture

5,659

angel picture

3,604

britney spears picture

5,653

baby picture

3,539

free gay picture

5,442

dragonball z picture

3,526

porn picture

5,353

jennifer lopez picture

3,402

celebrity picture

5,167

thong picture

3,398

dog picture

5,153

charlotte good picture

3,330

eminem picture

4,784

sexy picture

3,267

christina aguilera picture

4,728

animal picture

3,228

bikini picture

4,692

gay picture

3,206

free pussy picture

4,509

nudist picture

3,104

anime picture

4,423

girl picture

2,948

car picture

4,319

50 cent picture

2,935
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Picture

Language Translations for "picture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

skildery (painting), beeld (diagram, figure, image, metaphor, representation, statue), beeltenis (image, portrait). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

pikturoj (limn, paint, portray), pikturë (drawing, painting), përshkruaj (characterize, delineate, depict, depicture, describe, draw, escribe, image, paint, portray, render), përfytyroj (conceive, depicture, dream, dream up, envision, fancy, figure, figure to oneself, give rein to one's imagination, image, imagine, realize, visualize), përfytyrim (fantasy, image, imagination, notion, phantasy, reproduction, vision), mishërim (embodiment, epitome, impersonation, incarnation, objectification, personation, personification), film (cinema, film, motion picture, movie, moving pictures, pictures), fotografi (photo, photograph, photography, print, shot), gjë e bukur, gjendje (circumstance, circumstances, condition, fettle, form, medium, milieu, Nick, pass, position, posture, rating, shape, situation, state, status, the right, way), ide (brainchild, brainstorm, conception, idea, notion, thought), kopje (carbon, carbon copy, copy, crib, ditto, double, duplicate, duplication, facsimile, manifold, model, replica, replication, reproduction, take off, tally), figurë në ekran, marr me mend (divine, guess, perceive, presume, presuppose, surmise), tablo (landscape, painting, panel, scene, spectacle, tableau), riprodhim (carbon copy, facsimile, print, proliferation, replica, reproduction, review), kuadër (frame, panel, setting). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏تمثل (assimilate), ‏رسم (block, charge, daub, depict, depiction, describe, description, design, draft, draught, draw, drawing, etch, etching, exhibit, figure to oneself, formalize, image, impost, lay, lay out, limn, line, mark out, pattern, pencil, plotter, portray, portrayal, protract, scrawl, sketch, tableau, trace, trace over, weave), ‏رسم تصوير (delimitation, designing, drawing, painting, sketch, tracing), ‏رسم لوحة, ‏ذهب للسينما (take in), ‏صور (characterize, depict, describe, film, paint, photo, pic, portray, shoot, snap, take, typify), ‏صورة (configuration, effigy, feature, form, gestalt, idol, image, photograph, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, print, representation, reproduction, resemblance, shot, tableau, take), ‏عنوان (address, heading, item, rubric), ‏شريط سينمائي (celluloid, kinescope, movie), ‏تصور (be photographed, conceive, conception, envisage, fantasy, ideation, imagination, imagine, phantasy, project, see, suppose, vision, visualization, visualize), صورة (figure, shape), ‏تمثيل (creation, mayhem, performance, personification, play, representation, sculpture, sham, torture), ‏حالة (case, circumstance, condition, conjuncture, drama, estate, event, feather, fettle, incident, job, manner, nick, occurrence, phase, place, plight, pose, position, posture, rate, shape, situation, state, status, trim, way, weather, whack), ‏وصف (adjective, attributive, capacity, characterization, characterize, demonstrate, demonstration, depict, depiction, describe, description, dub, painting, portray, term), ‏لوحة (doorplate, drawing, nameplate, painting, panel, plaque, plate, portrait, tablet), ‏نقش (carve, carving, chasing, chisel, chiselling, engrave, engraving, headpiece, incise, incision, inscribe, inscription, lettering), ‏مثال (copy, epitome, example, exemplar, ideal, image, model, paradigm, pattern, quintessence, specimen, symbol, type), ‏فلم, ‏تخيل (conceive, dream up, envisage, fancy, feature, fiction, figure, figure to oneself, image, imagine, make believe, project oneself, see, think, vision, visualization, visualize). (various references)

   

Basque

  

irudi (illustration). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

въплъщение (avatar, epitome, impersonation, incarnation, personation, personification), изобразявам (depict, depicture, design, embody, feature, figure, image, limn, represent, typify), изглед (aspect, look, outlook, perspective, prospect, view), пейзаж (landscape, prospect, scene, scenery), положение на нещата (circumstances, conjuncture, constellation, layout, state of affairs), портрет (effigy, figure work, likeness, portrait, portraiture), представа (conception, idea, notion, presentation, tablature, view), описвам (depict, depicture, describe, draw, list, narrate, portray, record, report, represent to smb., write down), изображение (depiction, description, effigy, image, portrait, representation, simulacrum), образ (effigy, face, figure, form, guise, idol, image, likeness, obverse, representation, semblance, similitude, simulacrum, type, visage), снимка (photo, photograph, print, shot, still), картина (image, painting, piece, scene), красив предмет, красив човек, красива гледка, филм (film, flickers, motion picture, movie, moving pictures, roll film, show), фотография (photo, photograph, photography), рисунка (depiction, draft, drawing, tracery), рисувам (depict, design, draw, figure, image, limn, paint, sketch), обрисувам (delineate, depict, outline, portray). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

照片 (photograph), 畫兒 (drawing, painting), (draw, painting), (appearance, each other, mutually, one another, portrait), 圖片 (image), 圖畫 (drawing), 圖像 (graphic, image), (chart, diagram, drawing, -ization, to ... -ize, to change into, to make into, to plan, to transform), 拍攝 , (frame, one of a pair), (image, reflection, shadow), 图片. (various references)

   

Czech

  

obrázek (illustration, still). (various references)

   

Danish

  

billede (image, painting, portrait), figur (diagram, figure, image, representation). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

beeld (diagram, figure, image, metaphor, portrait, representation, statue), afbeelding (diagram, figure, image, representation), prent (engraving, image), plaat (bank, dial, disc, disk, grammophone disc, image, plate, record, sandbank, sheet, slab), figuur (character, diagram, figure, image, representation, stature). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

pentraĵo (painting), similaĵo (image, portrait), figuro (diagram, figure, image, representation), bildo (image). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

mynd (image). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

منظره (Landscape, Object, Outlook, Perspective, Prospect, Scene, Scenery, Sight, Spectacle, View, Vision), نقاشی کردن (Brush, Contour, Crayon, Paint), وصف (Description), تصویر (Form, Hue, Image, Likeness, Portrait, Scenography, Vignette), تصور (Fancy, Idea, If, Image, Notion, Supposition, Vision), سینما (Cinema, Movie), عکس (Photograph, Shot, Vignette), روشن ساختن , باعکس نشان دادن . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

kuva (figure, image). (various references)

   

French

  

image, illustration, figure (picture card). (various references)

   

Frisian

  

skilderij (painting), figuer (diagram, figure, image, representation), byld (image, stature). (various references)

   

German

  

Bild (character, drawing, figure, frame, illustration, image, metaphor, painting, photo, photograph, picture card, portrait, reflection, scene, sight, tableau, vista), Gemälde (painting, paintings, portrayal, tableau), Darstellung (account, acting, depiction, description, embodiment, figure, phantom, portrayal, presentation, presentment, representation, schema, statement, version), darstellen (constitute, delineate, depict, describe, display, enact, impersonate, incarnate, introduce, offer, paint, personate, play, play out, plot, portray, pose, present, produce, render, represent, tender, to depict, to personate, to represent), Abbildung (depiction, fig, figure, ill, illustration, image, map, mapping, transformation), Abbild (copy, diagram, figure, icon, idol, image, likeness, portrayal, reflection, representation, reproduction). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εικόνα (figure, icon, illustration, image, poster). (various references)

   

Hawaiian

  

film (film, motion picture, movie). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לתאר (depict, describe, narrate, portray, represent, write up), לדמין (envisage, imagine), לציר (draw, limn, paint, portray), תמונה (image, likeness, painting), איקונין (icon, ikon, image), ציור (design, drawing, figure, painting, portrayal). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kép (countenance, drawing, effigy, illustration, image, jowl, latent image, painting, photograph, scene, sketch, snap, snapshot), film (animated picture, cinema, film, movie, moving pictures, picture show, pix, screen, screen-play), tévékép, festmény (diptych, image, painting), ábra (diagram, figure, graph, graphic, illustration). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

gambar (drawing, effigy, figure, illustration), foto (photograph). (various references)

   

Irish

  

phictiúr. (various references)

   

Italian

  

immagine (clones, figure, illustration, image, imagination, imago, reflex, representation, visualisation, visualization), illustrazione (explanation, illustration, image, vignette), pittura (depiction, enamel, image, paint, painting), figura (diagram, figure, form, guise, illustration, image, person, representation, shape), dipinto (image, painted, painting, photo, snap). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

(amount or sum, brow, forehead), 絵画 , 絵画 , (drawing, painting, sketch), 画面  (scene, screen), 画面 (photo, scene, terminal screen, the field), 画像 (image, portrait), 人物像 (picture revealing character, statue), ピギーバック輸送 (10^-12, pf, picket, pickles, picnic, pico-, picofarad, picot, pictograph, piggyback system, pique, Pisa, pixar, pixel, Pygmy), (figure, image, portrait, statue), (copy, describe, duplicate, photograph, reproduce, trace, transcribe), (drawing, figure, illustration). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ぞう (bowels, elephant, figure, image, portrait, statue, viscera), (at, cord, drawing, figure, illustration, in, on, ridge, strap, tail, thong), がぞう (image, portrait), がめん (photo, scene, terminal screen, the field), がく (amount or sum, erudition, knowledge, learning, scholarship), ピクチャー , しゃ (borrowing, copy, describe, duplicate, gauze, house, hut, inn, mansion, now, photograph, reproduce, then, trace, transcribe, well), かいが, じんぶつぞう (picture revealing character, statue), (bay, depending on, drawing, -fold, grip, handle, inlet, painting, -ply, sketch, type of beefsteak plant, understanding). (various references)

   

Korean