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
Mike Feibus, USA Today, 4 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
The difference between the two pictures is staggering.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Here is a list of products and pictures of the labels.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Boltaev’s photographs were printed onto ceramic tiles and placed on brick walls so that pictures were not only seen but touched.
—Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
Accusations of fakery in combat photography go back at least to Mathew Brady’s pictures of Civil War battlefields.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 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
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 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
The difference between the two pictures is staggering.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Here is a list of products and pictures of the labels.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Oct. 2025
Boltaev’s photographs were printed onto ceramic tiles and placed on brick walls so that pictures were not only seen but touched.
—Dada Jovanovic, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
Accusations of fakery in combat photography go back at least to Mathew Brady’s pictures of Civil War battlefields.
—Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 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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The film, which was found under a carpet and in a duct along with jewelry worn by Schaefer, served as evidence when Ignatow was convicted of perjury for lying to a federal grand jury about his involvement in Schaefer's death.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
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The video player page includes a description, links to similar content, and the ability to give a film a thumbs up or thumbs down.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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The song was released with the video, an ode to pastels that depicts the changing of the guard from one album to the next with a snake turning into a cluster of butterflies.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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The celestial dial depicts the starry sky and Milky Way in warm, volcanic tones, rather than cool, blue hues.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
30 Sep. 2025
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Qualcomm’s Oryon 3rd-gen architecture and Snapdragon X2 chip imagines a future of personal computing with a focus on CPU and AI performance.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
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Enter Jennifer Lawrence, with a decidedly more laidback take that imagines ripped jeans as an elevated basic.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
24 Sep. 2025
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As Mark describes his strategies, his reflections quickly outleap the specifics of the sport and take on a philosophical dimension.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
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Yep, that describes the Giants for most of the summer, all right.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 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
Noun
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So there’s a little bit of secret sauce in an ‘Avatar’ movie that has to do with emotion.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
1 Oct. 2025
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The feature, based on the 2016 novel by Ruth Ware, has all the ingredients of the perfect midweek movie, a delicious cast full of classy Brit actors, a dollop of mystery and a scrumptious 1 hour and 30 minute runtime.—
Abid Rahman,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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On the series, Galligan portrays Lady Olivia Hedges-White, a real-life aristocrat from a once-prominent family.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Sep. 2025
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DiCaprio portrays the character as someone who is both actively trying to be progressive but also frustrated by his limitations.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 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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And that film was shown repeatedly on television, while still images blanketed newspapers.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Pictures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictures. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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