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noun

• 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.

  Example: There was a picture hanging above the fireplace.

• A photograph.

  Example: I took a picture of the church.

• A motion picture.

  Example: Casablanca is my all-time favorite picture.

• (in the plural) ("the pictures") Cinema (as a form of entertainment).

  Example: Let's go to the pictures.

• A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).

  Example: She's the very picture of health.

• An attractive sight.

  Example: The garden is a real picture at this time of year.

• The art of painting; representation by painting.

• A figure; a model.

• Situation.

  Example: The employment picture for the older middle class is not so good.

verb

• To represent in or with a picture.

• To imagine or envision.

• To depict or describe vividly.