You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for October 28.

Animation Day

Today’s word is picture, spelled p-i-c-t-u-r-e.

picture /ˈpɪktʃə $ -ər/ noun

[countable usually singular] a description or idea of what something is like

The book gives you a good picture of what life was like in Japan in the early 19th century.

The article paints a rather bleak picture of the future of our planet.

The description in the guidebook showed rather a rosy picture (=one that makes you think that something is better than it really is).

get the picture idiom

to understand a situation

You’ve said enough. I get the picture.

picture ●●○ verb [transitive]

to imagine something by making an image in your mind

Picture what it would be like if you didn't own a car.

Rob had pictured her as serious, but she wasn’t like that.

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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