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

1. represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
2. 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