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{ "term": "picture", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "image": "data/images/di/diningroom.png", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a painting or drawing, etc. that shows a scene, a person or thing", "sensetop": "picture of somebody/something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He likes books with lots of pictures in them." }, { "text": "A picture of flowers hung on the wall.", "contextForm": "picture of somebody/something" }, { "text": "The children were **drawing pictures** of their pets." }, { "text": "She wanted a famous artist to **paint her picture** *(= a picture of herself)*." }, { "text": "It's a picture of a country village." }, { "text": "It's a picture of the Grand Canyon." }, { "text": "The book has simple stories and pictures to colour in." }, { "text": "The story is told in pictures." } ], "topics": ["Houses and homes"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["beautiful", "lovely", "pretty"], "verb + picture": ["draw", "paint", "compose"], "picture + verb": ["depict something", "show something", "hang"], "picture + noun": ["frame", "book", "postcard"], "preposition": ["in a/the picture", "picture of"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a photograph", "sensetop": "picture of somebody/something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "to **take a picture**" }, { "text": "We **had our picture taken** in front of the hotel." }, { "text": "The picture shows the couple together on their yacht." }, { "text": "She **posted a picture** of the two of them on her Facebook page.", "contextForm": "picture of somebody/something" }, { "text": "Have you got any pictures of your trip?" }, { "text": "The star **shared the picture** on Instagram." }, { "text": "to upload/send/tweet a picture" }, { "text": "I can't see you in the picture." }, { "text": "I got some good pictures of the procession." }, { "text": "This picture shows the man with his family." }, { "text": "His picture appeared in the local paper." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["beautiful", "lovely", "pretty"], "verb + picture": ["draw", "paint", "compose"], "picture + verb": ["depict something", "show something", "hang"], "picture + noun": ["frame", "book", "postcard"], "preposition": ["in a/the picture", "picture of"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "an image on a television screen", "sensetop": "picture (of somebody/something)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "harrowing television pictures of the famine" }, { "text": "You are looking at **live pictures** of midtown Manhattan." }, { "text": "poor picture quality" } ], "topics": ["TV, radio and news"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["compelling", "dramatic", "vivid"], "verb + picture": ["build", "build up", "construct"], "picture + verb": ["emerge"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a description that gives you an idea in your mind of what something is like", "sensetop": "picture of something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "We've only got scraps of information, not the **full picture**." }, { "text": "The writer **paints a** gloomy **picture** of the economy.", "contextForm": "picture of something" }, { "text": "a bleak/grim picture of the future" }, { "text": "a clear/an accurate/a complete picture of these events" }, { "text": "The police are trying to build up a picture of what happened." }, { "text": "From news reports a **picture emerges **of a country in crisis." }, { "text": "The TV report painted a much rosier picture of the employment situation than research shows to be the case." }, { "text": "The book gives a vivid picture of life in Victorian England." }, { "text": "Through interviews and old photos we put together a composite picture of life in the village a hundred years ago." }, { "text": "They're trying to build up a detailed picture of the incident." }, { "text": "What emerges is a complex picture of family rivalry." }, { "text": "From newspaper reports a picture emerges of a country barely under control." }, { "text": "a composite picture of life a hundred years ago" }, { "text": "My visits enabled me to build up a broad picture of the culture." }, { "text": "The figures reveal a disturbing picture of the state of our schools." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["compelling", "dramatic", "vivid"], "verb + picture": ["build", "build up", "construct"], "picture + verb": ["emerge"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a mental image or memory of something", "sensetop": "picture (of somebody/something)", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I have a vivid picture of my grandfather smiling down at me when I was very small." }, { "text": "He uses imagery to form mental pictures within the mind of the reader." }, { "text": "She had formed a picture of what the place would look like and was very disappointed." }, { "text": "I had a sudden and chilling mental picture of him being interrogated in one of their prisons." }, { "text": "The smell of the sea conjures up pictures of my youth." }, { "text": "I tried to form a mental picture of the building being described." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["compelling", "dramatic", "vivid"], "verb + picture": ["build", "build up", "construct"], "picture + verb": ["emerge"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "the general situation relating to somebody/something", "examples": [ { "text": "Just a few years ago the picture was very different." }, { "text": "The overall picture for farming is encouraging." }, { "text": "The documentary was interesting but it didn't give the **full picture**." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "a film", "sensetop": "in pictures", "labels": "(especially North American English)", "examples": [ { "text": "The movie won nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture." }, { "text": "I believe her husband's in pictures *(= he acts in movies or works in the movie industry)*.", "contextForm": "in pictures" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["moving", "live", "satellite"] } }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "the cinema", "labels": "(old-fashioned, informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Shall we go to the pictures tonight?" } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["moving", "live", "satellite"] } }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "very pretty", "labels": "(old-fashioned)", "examples": [ { "text": "She’s as pretty as a picture." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to look very beautiful or special", "examples": [ { "text": "The garden looks a picture in the summer." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to look extremely healthy, guilty, unhappy, etc.", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the situation as a whole", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Right now forget the details and take a look at the big picture." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to understand a situation, especially one that somebody is describing to you", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "‘I pretended that I hadn't heard.’ ‘I get the picture.’" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "involved/not involved in a situation", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Morris is likely to win, with Jones out of the picture now." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to describe somebody/something in a particular way; to give a particular impression of somebody/something", "examples": [ { "text": "The report paints a vivid picture of life in the city." }, { "text": "Journalists paint a grim picture of conditions in the camps." }, { "text": "He didn't paint a very pretty picture of city life." }, { "text": "The report paints a dismal picture of the government's economic record." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to give somebody the information they need in order to understand a situation", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Just to put you in the picture—there have been a number of changes here recently." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈpɪktʃə(r)/", "audio": "pi/picture/picture__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈpɪktʃər/", "audio": "pi/picture/picture__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin pictura, from pict- ‘painted’ (from the verb pingere)." }