pictorial

/pik'tɔ:riəl/
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pictorial

A pictorial magazine lies open on the coffee table.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Relating to or consisting of pictures: Pertaining to visual images, illustrations, or photographs.
    • Evoking vivid mental images: Describing something, especially language or description, that creates clear and lifelike pictures in the mind.

  2. Noun:

    • A publication containing many pictures: A periodical, such as a magazine or newspaper, that uses photographs or illustrations as a primary feature.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The book provides a pictorial history of the city, with maps and photographs from each era.
    • Her pictorial description of the sunset was so vivid I could almost see it.
  • Noun:
    • He collects old issues of that famous pictorial from the 1950s.
Advanced Usage
  • "pictorial representation": A depiction or explanation using images, charts, or diagrams.
    • The infographic is an excellent pictorial representation of the complex data.
  • "pictorial element": A component of something that is based on or uses pictures.
    • The pictorial elements in the manuscript are crucial to understanding the text.
Variants and Related Words
  • Pictorially (adverb): In a way that relates to or is expressed by pictures.
    • The process was explained pictorially through a series of diagrams.
  • Picture (noun/verb): The fundamental root word from which "pictorial" is derived.
Synonyms
  • Adjective (visual): Graphic, illustrative, photographic.
  • Adjective (vivid): Vivid, graphic, lifelike, descriptive.
  • Noun: Magazine, periodical, glossy.
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Nonpictorial, textual, abstract.
  • Adjective (for vividness): Dull, vague, nondescript.
Related Phrases
  • Pictorial record: A historical or documentary account maintained primarily through images.
    • The family album serves as a pictorial record of our vacations.
  • Pictorial essay: A short written work that uses images as a central part of its narrative or argument.
    • The journalist's pictorial essay on urban life was powerful and moving.
pictorial

A pictorial magazine lies open on the coffee table.

Adjective
  1. evoking lifelike images within the mind
    • pictorial poetry and prose
    • graphic accounts of battle
    • a lifelike portrait
    • a vivid description
  2. pertaining to or consisting of pictures
    • pictorial perspective
    • pictorial records
Noun
  1. a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures

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