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picture

 
 
/ˈpɪktʃər/ noun [C]

Translation

DRAWING ETC a drawing, painting, or photograph of something or someone
resim
to draw/paint a picture She's got pictures of pop stars all over her bedroom wall. Did you take many pictures (= photograph many things) while you were in Sydney? 3151344
IDEA an idea of what something is like
tasvir, betimleme
[usually singular] I've got a much clearer picture of what's happening now.1104
TV the image on a television screen
görüntü
I'm afraid it's not a very good picture.64
FILM a film
film, sinema filmi
Could this be the first animated film to win a best picture award?270
the pictures old-fashioned the cinema
sinema
I really fancy going to the pictures tonight.270
get the picture informal used to say that someone understands a situation
kavramak, anlamak, çakmak
Oh right, I get the picture.1121
paint a bleak/rosy, etc picture of sth to describe something in a particular way
bir şeyi belli bir şekilde tasvir etmek/betimlemek/resmetmek
She paints a rosy (= happy) picture of family life.2195
put/keep sb in the picture informal to explain to someone what is happening
olup biteni birine en ayrıntısıyla anlatmak
Jim had no idea what was going on till I put him in the picture.1910
(Definition of picture noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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