picture

/ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/

nounverbpic · ture

Think: “PIC” (a pic) + “TURE” sounds like “sure”—a picture is a pic, for sure.

Yes, it's picture. The tricky part is the middle sound /tʃ/: it’s spelled with **ct** in **pic-ture** (not *ch*).

Definitions

  1. nounA drawing, painting, photograph, or other image you can look at.
  2. nounA mental image or idea of how something looks or will happen.
  3. verbTo imagine or form a mental image of something.

Examples

  • “She drew a picture of her dog and hung it on the fridge.”
  • “I can picture what the new playground will look like.”
  • “Please take a picture of us in front of the museum.”

Synonyms

imagephotophotographdrawingportrait

Antonyms

reality

Translations

ES imagen; foto; retratoPT imagem; foto; retratoFR image; photo; portrait

Common misspellings

picurepicturpictcherpictchurepictuerpictorpictruepicturre

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