mental picture

  • 1mental picture — index recollection Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2mental picture — noun a clear and telling mental image (Freq. 1) he described his mental picture of his assailant he had no clear picture of himself or his world the events left a permanent impression in his mind • Syn: ↑picture, ↑impression …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 3mental picture — Synonyms and related words: Vorstellung, concept, conception, conceptualization, eidetic image, envisaging, envisioning, image, imagery, imagery study, imaging, imagism, imagistic poetry, lifelike image, mental image, mental representation,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 4picture — [pik′chər] n. [ME pycture < L pictura < pictus, pp. of pingere, to PAINT] 1. a) an image or likeness of an object, person, or scene produced on a flat surface, esp. by painting, drawing, or photography b) a printed reproduction of this 2.… …

    English World dictionary

  • 5picture — pic|ture1 W1S1 [ˈpıktʃə US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(painting/drawing)¦ 2¦(photograph)¦ 3¦(television)¦ 4¦(description/idea)¦ 5¦(situation)¦ 6¦(mental image)¦ 7 put/keep somebody in the picture 8 get the picture 9 out of the picture …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 6picture — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 painting/drawing/photograph ADJECTIVE ▪ beautiful, lovely, pretty, striking, stunning, wonderful ▪ blurred, blurry …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 7mental — / mentl/ adjective 1 MIND affecting the mind or happening in the mind: mental health | a child s mental development | mental picture/image (=a picture that you form in your mind): I tried to get a mental picture of him from her description. 2… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8picture — Synonyms and related words: 3 D, CRT spot, Cinemascope, Cinerama, DM display, Doppler signal, IF signal, IM display, RF echoes, Technicolor, Telephoto, Vorstellung, Western, Wirephoto, abstract, abstraction, aerial photograph, ally, altarpiece,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 9mental — men|tal W2S2 [ˈmentl] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: Late Latin mentalis, from Latin mens mind ] 1.) [only before noun] relating to the health or state of someone s mind →↑psychiatric ▪ The centre provides help for people suffering from… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10picture — I UK [ˈpɪktʃə(r)] / US [ˈpɪktʃər] noun Word forms picture : singular picture plural pictures *** Talking or writing about pictures: painting a picture that is made using paints drawing a picture that is made using a pen or pencils sketch a… …

    English dictionary