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Collocations for picture - noun

1. painting/drawing/photograph

ADJECTIVE

beautiful, lovely, pretty, striking, stunning, wonderful
blurred, blurry, fuzzy, grainy
black-and-white, colour/color
digital
baby, family
school (esp. AmE) (usually school photograph in BrE)
holiday (BrE), vacation (AmE), wedding
naked, nude

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VERB + picture

draw, paint
compose
colour/color
The book has simple stories and pictures to colour/color.
frame, hang
display, exhibit (esp. BrE), show
pose for, sit for
get, snap, take
I got some good pictures of the procession.
print
email sb, send sb
download, upload

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picture + VERB

depict sth, show sth
hang

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picture + NOUN

frame
book, postcard
gallery
hook, rail (both esp. BrE)
editor

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PREPOSITION

in a/the picture
I can't see you in the picture.
The story is told in pictures.
picture of
It's a picture of the Grand Canyon.

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2. (pictures) on TV, in films/movies, etc.

ADJECTIVE

moving
live, satellite, television

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3. description; mental image

ADJECTIVE

compelling, dramatic, vivid
The book gives a vivid picture of life in modern Japan.
clear
pretty
He didn't paint a very pretty picture of city life.
complete, comprehensive, full, general, overall, total, whole
The documentary didn't give the full picture.
big
Because she's not involved, she can see the bigger picture.
incomplete
broad
My visits enabled me to build up a broad picture of the culture.
composite
a composite picture of life a hundred years ago
accurate, balanced, realistic, true
false, misleading
idealized, optimistic (esp. BrE), rosy
bleak, dismal, gloomy, grim
The report paints a dismal picture of the government's economic record.
distorted
confusing
detailed
complex, complicated
disturbing
mental
I tried to form a mental picture of the building being described.

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VERB + picture

build, build up, construct, create, develop, establish (esp. BrE), form, gain, get, obtain, put together
They're trying to build up a detailed picture of the incident.
give (sb), paint, present, project, reveal
The figures reveal a disturbing picture of the state of our schools.
complete
conjure, conjure up
The smell of the sea conjures up pictures of my youth.

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picture + VERB

emerge
What emerges is a complex picture of family rivalry.

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4. film/movie

ADJECTIVE

motion (esp. AmE)
action
great, major (AmE)
best
the award for best picture

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picture + VERB

direct, make
release

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VERB + picture

star sb
a major motion picture starring Brent Everett

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PREPOSITION

in pictures (AmE,old-fashioned)
I believe her husband's in pictures (= he acts in movies or works in the industry).

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Collocations for picture - verb

Picture is used with these nouns as the object:
scene

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