picture
A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
Other meanings
An image; a representation as in the imagination.
A paragon, a perfect example or specimen (of a category).
“She's the very picture of health.”
Synonyms
- image
- icon
A kind of
- representation
Kinds of picture
- electronic image
- foil
- graphic
- iconography
- likeness
- panorama
- reflection
- scan
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "pictūra" (the art of painting, a painting).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “picture” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.