picture
US /ˈpɪktʃɚ/
Definition
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
She hung a large picture of the city above her desk.
Word Family
NounNoun
picture gốc
picturing
VerbVerb
picture gốc
AdjectiveAdj
pictural
AdverbAdv
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Synonyms
- imagean iconic mental representation
- photoa representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material
- illustrationartwork that helps make something clear or attractive
Collocations
- Easy draw a beautiful pictureto compose, extract, or formulate regarding a beautiful picture
- Medium see the big picture clearlyto see the big picture clearly, meaning to perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
- Hard paint a grim economic pictureto paint a grim economic picture, meaning to make a painting
- Very Hard a picture is worth a thousand wordsreferring to a picture is worth a thousand words
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