Translation of picture – English–Hindi dictionary

picture

noun

/ˈpɪk.tʃər/ us

/ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/

picture noun (IMAGE)

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A1 [ C ]

a drawing, painting, photograph, etc.

एक रेखाचित्र, पेंटिंग, फोटोग्राफ, आदि

Freddy drew/painted a picture of my dog. फ्रेडी ने मेरे कुत्ते का एक रेखाचित्र/चित्र बनाया।

We took a picture of (= photographed) the children on their new bicycles. हमने बच्चों की उनकी नयी साइकिलों पर एक तस्वीर खींची/ली/उतारी।

I hate having my picture taken (= being photographed).

Synonyms

illustration (PICTURE)

image (PICTURE)

B1 [ C ]

a film

एक फिल्म, चलचित्र

Could this be the first animated movie to win a best picture award? क्या यह सर्वश्रेष्ठ फिल्म का पुरस्कार जीतने वाली पहली एनीमेटेड (कार्टून) फिल्म हो सकती है?

B2 [ C ]

something you produce in your mind, by using your imagination or memory

(कल्पना या स्मृति द्वारा मन में उत्पन्न कोई) छवि, बिम्ब

I have a very vivid picture of the first time I met Erik. मेरे मन में एरिक से अपनी पहली भेंट की अत्यंत सुस्पष्ट छवि है।

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She cut out his picture from the magazine.
There was a picture of the Trevi fountain on the front of the book.
Take a look at this picture and see if you recognize anyone.
This TV gives a very sharp picture.
All these pictures were painted by local artists.

picture noun (IDEA)

B2 [ S ]

(an idea of) a situation

समझ, आभास

After watching the news, I had a clearer picture of what was happening. समाचार देखने के बाद घटनाक्रम के बारे में मेरी समझ ज़्यादा स्पष्ट हो गई थी।

The picture emerging in reports from the battlefield is one of complete confusion. युद्ध के मोर्चे की रपटों से जो आभास मिल रहा है, वह संपूर्ण अस्तव्यस्तता का है।

[ S ]

a situation described in a particular way

छवि, चित्र

figurative The experts are painting a gloomy/brighter/rosy picture of the state of the economy. विशेषज्ञ लोग अर्थव्यवस्था की स्थिति की अंधकारपूर्ण/चमकदार/आशावादी छवि प्रस्तुत कर रहे हैं।

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This report gives a global picture of the company's finances.
He painted a rosy picture of family life.
She paints a gloomy picture of the future.
I suspect she gave a true picture of what had happened.
There are, however, one or two items of good news to brighten the economic picture a bit.

picture

verb [ T ]

/ˈpɪk.tʃər/ us

/ˈpɪk.tʃɚ/

to imagine something

कल्पना करना, अनुमान लगाना

Picture the scene - the crowds of people and animals, the noise, the dirt. ज़रा उस दृश्य की कल्पना करो - लोगों और जानवरों की भीड़, शोरगुल, धूल-धक्कड़।

[ + -ing verb ] Try to picture yourself lying on a beach in the hot sun. कल्पना करो कि आप तेज़ धूप में समुद्रतट पर लेटे हुए हैं।

[ + question word ] Picture to yourself how terrible that day must have been. अनुमान लगा लो कि दिन कितना ज़्यादा बुरा रहा होगा।

formal He was pictured (= an artist had painted him) as a soldier in full uniform.

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I pictured myself relaxing by the pool.
Can you picture yourselves living in the country?
He smiled to himself as he pictured the scene.
If you could try to picture how difficult life was in those days, you'll understand more.
I'd pictured him as much older.

(Translation of picture from the Cambridge English–Hindi Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Should other dependent reasons enter the picture, then it is not at all clear that the (normal) goal of arbitration would be thwarted.

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Patients' strong performance in word/picture matching tasks even in "impaired" categories may provide evidence for the causal link hypothesis.

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The children were told they would be shown two pictures, and that the experimenter would say a description of one of the pictures.

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While there may be some truth in each of these suggestions, none of them reveals the whole picture.

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In some triplets, number was held constant across all three pictures when gender was targeted and gender was held constant when number was targeted.

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It should be noted, however, that a biased picture may have been produced by the selection of household tasks included in the survey.

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The problem is that this isn't obviously either explicit or implicit, as those terms are understood in picture (1).

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In both cases, a naive essentialism causes partial truths to eclipse the larger picture.

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Translation of picture – English–Hindi dictionary

picture noun (IMAGE)

picture noun (IDEA)

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