picture
verb/ˈpɪktʃə(r)/
/ˈpɪktʃər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they picture | /ˈpɪktʃə(r)/ /ˈpɪktʃər/ |
| he / she / it pictures | /ˈpɪktʃəz/ /ˈpɪktʃərz/ |
| past simple pictured | /ˈpɪktʃəd/ /ˈpɪktʃərd/ |
| past participle pictured | /ˈpɪktʃəd/ /ˈpɪktʃərd/ |
| -ing form picturing | /ˈpɪktʃərɪŋ/ /ˈpɪktʃərɪŋ/ |
- to imagine somebody/something; to create an image of somebody/something in your mind
- picture somebody/something I could picture the scene clearly.
- I can still picture the house I grew up in.
- picture somebody/something as something We found it hard to picture him as the father of teenage sons.
- picture somebody/something doing something When he did not come home she pictured him lying dead on the roadside somewhere.
- picture what, how, etc… I tried to picture what it would be like to live alone.
Extra Examples- You can almost picture the scene.
- I had pictured him as a tall, heavily built man.
- I tried to picture what she must have been like at that age.
- It was easy to picture the two of them together.
- I can picture him sleeping rough on the streets somewhere.
- She tried to picture what it must be like back in India.
- [often passive] to describe or present somebody/something in a particular way synonym portray
- be pictured as something Before the trial Liz had been pictured as a frail woman dominated by her husband.
- [usually passive] to show somebody/something in a photograph or picture
- be pictured (+ adv./prep./adj.) She is pictured here with her parents.
- be pictured doing something The team is pictured setting off on their European tour.
Extra Examples- He is pictured here with his students.
- Mrs Benson (pictured above) is the new Human Resources Manager.
imagine
describe
show in photograph
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin pictura, from pict- ‘painted’ (from the verb pingere).
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