as in film
the art or business of making a movie
hoping for a career in pictures
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as in depicts
to present a picture of
the famous painting that pictures the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence
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as in imagines
to form a mental picture of
could easily picture the mining town from the vivid description of it in the author's memoirs
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as in describes
to give a representation or account of in words
pictured the sailing ship in vivid language
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Recent Examples of pictures
Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Inside, police found copper wire, rope and pictures of the missing women.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
No more blurry, outdated pictures for servers to reference when a possible critic takes a seat at their table.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
The only thing neighbors’ cameras will share are pictures and clips of dogs that could be yours.
—Mike Feibus, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
The imaging technique relies on the use of a radioactive tracer and a special camera to make pictures of breast tissue.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The reporter had already sent me pictures and audio recordings, promising a complete draft by Monday night.
—Zahra Nader, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Back up everything Start by backing up your personal files, documents, pictures and desktop to both your external drive and a cloud service like OneDrive.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
According to the sheriff’s office, two days prior to his body being found, the victim sent pictures to his family of a bear, which appeared to be a young male, in his campsite.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
Only the last photo during the end credits pictures the fiery aftermath of Hutch’s ultimate battle with Ladeena.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
While North Korean state media released text accounts of the parade Saturday morning, pictures and video of the event were expected to be released later in the day.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Inside, police found copper wire, rope and pictures of the missing women.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
No more blurry, outdated pictures for servers to reference when a possible critic takes a seat at their table.
—Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
The only thing neighbors’ cameras will share are pictures and clips of dogs that could be yours.
—Mike Feibus, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
The imaging technique relies on the use of a radioactive tracer and a special camera to make pictures of breast tissue.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
The reporter had already sent me pictures and audio recordings, promising a complete draft by Monday night.
—Zahra Nader, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
Back up everything Start by backing up your personal files, documents, pictures and desktop to both your external drive and a cloud service like OneDrive.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
According to the sheriff’s office, two days prior to his body being found, the victim sent pictures to his family of a bear, which appeared to be a young male, in his campsite.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
Strachan pictures the multi-colored gemstones (less summer, more fall) complementing collarless coats, cashmere crewneck sweaters, and white button-up shirts.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
Only the last photo during the end credits pictures the fiery aftermath of Hutch’s ultimate battle with Ladeena.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictures
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This film asserts an alternative to war and that another path is possible for humanity.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
17 Oct. 2025
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Garrett Warren, a veteran stunt coordinator who has worked with Cameron on two Avatar movies plus such films as Logan and last year’s Road House reboot, is making his feature directorial debut with the project.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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The driver in the boat crash The show depicts Paul as a black sheep of the family.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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Honor’s promo depicts the Robot Phone doing everything from entertaining children and taking selfies to skydiving and gazing at the stars.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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This is lovely writing in which the author weaves information about the history of maps and how they are made, and Dolores imagines her parents in love in their little apartment where her mother/aunt took care of her as a baby.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
12 Oct. 2025
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In the first episode, Adeline shows Ed a comic book with graphic Holocaust imagery and imagines Ilse Koch, a Nazi, played by Krieps.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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Jasanoff retraced some of Conrad’s epic journeys, which inspired me to redo the expedition Matthiessen describes in The Snow Leopard.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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That’s just one of the scares in store for the series, which Nicotero describes as a cross between Survivor and The Blair Witch Project.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Oct. 2025
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The strategy sketches out three main scenarios, with a blueprint and timetable for each.—
Bilal Y. Saab,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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In the episode, Hermit sketches a map of the center, making notes of exits.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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Such breezy asides suggest a movie that’s a little too eager to be liked.—
Ben Kenigsberg,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The film, which is a sequel to the classic 1990 Christmas movie, follows the young and spirited Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin), who mistakenly gets on a plane headed for New York City while the rest of the family flies to Florida.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Oct. 2025
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Karylle portrays Aurora Quezon, with supporting performances from JC Santos, Jake Macapagal, Bodjie Pascua, Angeli Bayani, Jojit Lorenzo, Joross Gamboa, Therese Malvar, Ana Abad Santos, Ketchup Eusebio, and Nico Locco.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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Matthiessen, not without reason, portrays the Bureau as paranoid, dishonest, and in league with corporate interests.—
Maggie Doherty,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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In June, Disney and Universal sued Midjourney for allowing its users to create infringing videos and still images on its site.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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Dinkins, who was named one of Time’s Most Influential People in AI, interviewed people in African American communities in the Bay Area to get the oral histories that the project’s artificial intelligence uses to generate immersive projections on 14-foot walls — images the move and evolve.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Pictures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictures. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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