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picturing

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: P IH1 K CH ER0 IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

depiction

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of picture

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

visual representation as by photography or painting

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pictorial representation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: representation

Narrower terms: depiction, delineation, portrayal, imaging, tomography, photography, picture taking

4

noun

Meaning 4

visual imagery

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: envisioning

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: imagination, imaging, imagery, mental imagery

History

Etymology

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