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picture
What does picture mean?
picture (noun): a representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use picture in a sentence?
- There was a picture hanging above the fireplace. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce picture?
/ˈpɪktʃɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does picture come from?
Inherited from Middle English picture, from Latin pictūra (“the art of painting, a painting”), from pingō (“to paint”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “picture” mean?
a representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon canvas, paper, or other surface, by drawing, painting, printing, photography, etc
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the quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed
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the distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker
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