Collocations for "picture"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "picture" in context.
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picture
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [frightening, beautiful, landscape, black-and-white] picture
- [motion, moving, still] pictures
- [drew, painted, sketched, colored] a picture
- [take, edit, store, delete, enlarge, frame, develop] a picture
- have a picture framed
- took my picture
- took a picture of the [sky, mountain, athlete]
- [brush, touch, blow] up a picture
- [hang, place, nail] a picture on the wall
- [place, put] pictures on the [unit, mantelpiece, desk, table]
- put pictures on top of the [fireplace, TV]
- cut out pictures from (old) magazines
- cut pictures out (of magazines)
- click on the picture to [view, see, enlarge, zoom in]
- trying to get a picture of [why, when, how much, how hard]
- paints [a worrying, an attractive] picture (of)
- get with the picture (already)!
- do you get the picture?
- you're missing the big picture (here)
- dated: go to the pictures
- is a picture of his [mother, father]
- a picture with his [mom, sister]
- a picture of a [dog, battle, fruit bowl, naked woman, princess]
- a picture of [life, modern society, hardships]
- a picture in my mind of
- [is, looking] (as) pretty as a picture
- [the week, the First World War, Victorian London] in pictures
- picture [frames, hooks]
- a picture [puzzle, clue, strip, story, book, gallery]
- a picture postcard
- a picture-heavy [page, web page, site, website, article]
- a picture editor
- picture [this, the scene]
- I can just picture [her face, it, the scene]
- can picture her face when she [found out, heard, saw]
- [shorter, taller] than I pictured (her)
- picture your life [with, after, when]
- picture [fame and fortune, a big house]
- [hard, impossible, amusing] to picture
- pictured with his [friends, family, wife]
- pictured at the [party, cinema, launch]
- pictured on the [cover, front page]
- pictured from [left] to [right]
- as pictured [above, below, on page 5]
- pictured in [chrome, sepia, black and white]
- pictured above are
'picture' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ID
- anchor
- another
- as
- bleak
- blurred
- bunny
- celebrity
- color
- colorful
- composite
- crop
- cub
- cut
- delete
- disturbing
- doom
- drape
- draw
- edge
- edgy
- edit
- feature
- flag
- flattering
- focus
- foreground
- frame
- freeze
- gloomy
- gloss
- greatly
- hang
- impress
- jump
- level
- look
- lousy
- mental
- missing
- monkey
- mug
- mummy
- nail
- nasty
- paint
- perfect
- pose
- pretty
- processed