pictured
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Definition
Adjective 1. Represented in a picture or image: Something that is shown or depicted in a visual form, such as a drawing, painting, or photograph. 2. Formed in the mind; imagined: Something that is seen or created as a mental image.
Usage Examples
- As an adjective (represented visually):
- The pictured scene on the postcard was of a quiet beach at sunset.
- Archaeologists studied the pictured symbols on the ancient vase.
- As an adjective (imagined):
- She held onto the pictured memory of her childhood home.
- He described the pictured outcome he hoped to achieve.
Advanced Usage
- "As pictured": This phrase is commonly used in advertising or instructions to indicate that the actual item should look like the image shown.
- The furniture arrives unassembled but will look just as pictured in the catalog.
- Passive Construction: "Pictured" is frequently used in passive voice constructions, especially in captions.
- Pictured above is the new city hall. (The new city hall is shown in the image above.)
Variants and Related Words
- Picture (verb): To form a mental image of something; to represent something in a picture.
- Can you picture how the room will look with new furniture?
- Pictorial (adjective): Relating to or consisting of pictures.
- The book provides a pictorial history of the region.
- Depicted (adjective): Shown or represented by a drawing, painting, or other art form. (A close synonym for the first meaning).
- Envisioned / Visualized (adjectives): Seen in the mind as a mental image. (Close synonyms for the second meaning).
Synonyms
- Depicted, Illustrated, Portrayed, Rendered (for the visual representation meaning).
- Imagined, Envisioned, Visualized, Conceived (for the mental image meaning).
Antonyms
- Unseen, Unimagined, Unpictured, Obscured.
Related Phrases
- The pictured [noun]: A formal or descriptive way to refer to something in an accompanying image.
- The ceremony took place in the pictured courtyard.
- Easily pictured: Simple to imagine or visualize.
- The consequences of his action were easily pictured.
Adjective
- represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
- seen in the mind as a mental image
- the glory of his envisioned future
- the snow-covered Alps pictured in her imagination
- the visualized scene lacked the ugly details of real life