- picture
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 painting/drawing/photographADJECTIVE▪ beautiful, lovely, pretty, striking, stunning, wonderful▪ blurred, blurry, fuzzy, grainy▪ black-and-white, colour/color▪ digital▪ baby, family▪ school (esp. AmE) (usually school photograph in BrE)▪ holiday (BrE), vacation (AmE), wedding▪ naked, nudeVERB + PICTURE▪ draw, paint▪ compose▪ colour/color▪
The book has simple stories and pictures to colour/color.
▪ frame, hang▪ display, exhibit (esp. BrE), show▪ pose for, sit for▪ get, snap, take▪I got some good pictures of the procession.
▪ print▪ email sb, send sb▪ download, uploadPICTURE + VERB▪ depict sth, show sth▪ hangPICTURE + NOUN▪ frame▪ book, postcard▪ gallery▪ hook, rail (both esp. BrE)▪ editorPREPOSITION▪ in a/the picture▪I can't see you in the picture.
▪The story is told in pictures.
▪ picture of▪It's a picture of the Grand Canyon.
2 pictures on TV, in films/movies, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ moving▪ live, satellite, television3 description; mental imageADJECTIVE▪ compelling, dramatic, vivid▪The book gives a vivid picture of life in modern Japan.
▪ clear▪ pretty▪He didn't paint a very pretty picture of city life.
▪ complete, comprehensive, full, general, overall, total, whole▪The documentary didn't give the full picture.
▪ big▪Because she's not involved, she can see the bigger picture.
▪ incomplete▪ broad▪My visits enabled me to build up a broad picture of the culture.
▪ composite▪a composite picture of life a hundred years ago
▪ accurate, balanced, realistic, true▪ false, misleading▪ idealized, optimistic (esp. BrE), rosy▪ bleak, dismal, gloomy, grim▪The report paints a dismal picture of the government's economic record.
▪ distorted▪ confusing▪ detailed▪ complex, complicated▪ disturbing▪ mental▪I tried to form a mental picture of the building being described.
VERB + PICTURE▪ build, build up, construct, create, develop, establish (esp. BrE), form, gain, get, obtain, put together▪They're trying to build up a detailed picture of the incident.
▪ give (sb), paint, present, project, reveal▪The figures reveal a disturbing picture of the state of our schools.
▪ complete▪ conjure, conjure up▪The smell of the sea conjures up pictures of my youth.
PICTURE + VERB▪ emerge▪What emerges is a complex picture of family rivalry.
4 film/movieADJECTIVE▪ motion (esp. AmE)▪ action▪ great, major (AmE)▪ best▪the award for best picture
PICTURE + VERB▪ direct, make▪ releaseVERB + PICTURE▪ star sb▪a major motion picture starring Brent Everett
PREPOSITION▪ in pictures (AmE, old-fashioned)▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}I believe her husband's in pictures (= he acts in movies or works in the industry).
verbPicture is used with these nouns as the object: ↑scene
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
