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picturea visual representation of something, such as a painting, drawing, or photograph

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: a visual representation of something, such as a painting, drawing, or photograph

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈpɪktʃər/

Korean meaning: 그림, 사진, 화상

Korean pronunciation: 픽-처 (강세: 픽)

Example Sentences

  • My mom takes a picture of every meal before eating - even instant ramen!
  • Can you picture a world without smartphones? I can't!
  • The picture quality of this old TV is so bad, I can't tell if it's a dog or a cat.

picture

NOUN

//ˈpɪktʃər//

a visual representation of something, such as a painting, drawing, or photograph

picture concept
💡 Concept

Teacher showing her painted picture

picture rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

A perfect mixture creates the picture's texture!

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈpɪktʃər/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈpɪktʃə(r)/

🌳Etymology

Rootpict
Suffix--ure

Origin

라틴어 'pictura'에서 온 단어로, '그리다'를 뜻하는 'pingere'에서 유래했습니다. 중세 시대에 그림과 회화가 발달하면서 현재의 의미로 정착되었습니다.

🎵Rhyme

mixturetexturefixture
mixture
texture
fixture

🔗Collocations

take a picture
clear picture
big picture
picture frame
mental picture
family picture
get the picture

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My mom takes a picture of every meal before eating - even instant ramen!

😄 Fun example

Can you picture a world without smartphones? I can't!

😄 Fun example

The picture quality of this old TV is so bad, I can't tell if it's a dog or a cat.

Please send me a picture of the homework assignment.

The economic picture looks promising this year.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

imagephotophotographillustrationportrait

Antonyms

realityactual scene

Related

cameraframegalleryartistpaintingdrawing

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