1. A theatre where films are shown
   "We went to the local pictures to catch the latest blockbuster";
   - cinema, movie theater [US], movie theatre [N. Amer], movie house [N. Amer], picture palace [Brit, archaic], picture house [Brit], flicks [Brit, informal]

1. A visual representation (of an object, scene, person or abstraction) produced on a surface
   "they showed us the pictures of their wedding";
   - image, icon
    
2. Graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface
   "his pictures hang in the Louvre";
   - painting
    
3. A clear and telling mental image
   "he described his mental picture of his assailant"; "he had no clear picture of himself or his world";
   - mental picture, impression
    
4. A situation treated as an observable object
   "the political picture is favourable";
   - scene
    
5. A static picture taken by a camera, recorded by focussing light onto a light-sensitive surface (usually a sensor in a digital camera, or historically a chemically treated plate or film)
   "stick the picture onto the corkboard";
   - photograph, photo, exposure, pic [informal], piccy [informal]
    
6. An illustration used to decorate or explain a text
   "the dictionary had many pictures";
   - pictorial matter
    
7. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
   "they went to a motion-picture show every Saturday night"; "The first moving pictures amazed audiences with their novelty"; "They went to see the latest motion picture at the cinema";
   - movie, film, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic [informal], flick [informal]
    
8. The visible part of a television transmission
   "they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone";
   - video
    
9. A graphic or vivid verbal description
   "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland";
   - word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, characterization, characterisation [Brit]
    
10. A typical example of some state or quality
    "the very picture of a modern general"; "she was the picture of despair"

1. Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
   "I can't picture him on horseback!";
   - visualize, visualise [Brit], envision, project, fancy, see, figure, image
    
2. Show in, or as in, a picture
   "This scene pictures country life";
   - depict, render, show

Sounds like: picture, pictures, pi

Type of: conceive of, description, envisage, exemplification, graphic art, house, ideate [informal], illustration, image, imagine, interpret, mental image, product, production, represent, representation, situation, state of affairs, theater [US], theatre, typification, verbal description, visual communication

Part of: telecasting, television, TV, video

Encyclopedia: Pictures