Noun I hung the picture on the wall. The book has a lot of pictures. Draw a picture of your house. The staff looked at the financial picture of the company. The overall economic picture is improving. Verb I can still picture the house I grew up in. I can't picture changing jobs at this point in my life. Picture what it would be like if you didn't own a car. Can you picture him as a teacher? See More
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Noun
Buy an inexpensive picture frame and matching mat from your local crafts store. Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2022 But Phoenix attorney Andrea Driggs this week described a starkly contrasting picture to a federal jury. Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2022 The pics in Hailey's post include a picture of the Biebers kissing at their South Carolina ceremony, along with some snaps of the couple over the past four years. Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2022 Originally from Whittier, Muro is observant, detail oriented and granular, and Flanagan, who grew up in La Mirada, is a more gregarious, big-picture thinker.Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022 Earnings—mostly wages and salaries—showed a mixed picture. Paul Overberg, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 The disappointing inflation numbers also complicate President Biden’s bid to paint a rosy economic picture ahead of midterm elections in November when Democrats must defend slim majorities in the House and Senate. Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2022 The national House picture:Will Republicans flip the House in midterm elections? David Jackson, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022 The producer required a nice, quick 90-minute picture instead. Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2022
Verb
Shasta daisies are often what people often picture as a daisy with pure white petals around a yellow center. Danielle Ernest, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2022 If so, there may be a new way to picture what happens to information about objects that fall into black holes — a long-standing mystery known as the black hole information paradox. Thomas Lewton, Quanta Magazine, 8 Sep. 2022 But with an ice body as large as Greenland — picture the entire state of Alaska covered with ice that is one to two miles thick — adjustment takes a long time. Chris Mooney, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 When deciding how to spend the next few months, try to picture yourself returning to the first week of the academic year. Brennan Barnard, Forbes, 17 June 2022 To picture articular cartilage, envision the tough, white coating on the end of a chicken bone. Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 June 2022 Use your imagination from early on in the process and really picture yourself using the kitchen. Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal, 16 Aug. 2022 Experience has taught me to go big, given portion sizes (picture large appetizers), the appeal of so many dishes and the fact that a choice of vegetable and bread are included in the format. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 One way to see how is to picture a knot traced on a surface.Quanta Magazine, 16 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Latin pictura, from pictus, past participle of pingere to paint — more at paint