picture
/ˈpɪk.t͡ʃɚ/ noun A1- A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
- An image; a representation as in the imagination.
- A painting. · There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.
- A photograph.
- A motion picture. · Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.
- ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment). · Let's go to the pictures.
- A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category). · She's the very picture of health.
- An attractive sight. · The garden is a real picture at this time of year.
Plural pictures
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But about this picture: I thought you told me once, Mr.
However, you have now seen the point of the picture.
“Even the trivial fact that in the year 1865 a picture by Greuze entitled ‘La Jeune Fille à l’Agneau’ fetched one million two hundred thousand francs—more than forty thousand pounds—at the Portalis sale may start a train of reflection in your mind.”
Did you happen to observe a picture over the professor’s head?”
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