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PICTURING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Visual representation as by photography or painting
Synonyms:
pictorial representation; picturing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("picturing" is a kind of...):
representation (an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "picturing"):
delineation; depiction; portrayal (representation by drawing or painting etc)
imaging; tomography ((medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body)
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Derivation:
picture (show in, or as in, a picture)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Visual imagery
Synonyms:
envisioning; picturing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("picturing" is a kind of...):
imagery; imagination; imaging; mental imagery (the ability to form mental images of things or events)
Derivation:
picture (imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb picture
