PICTURING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

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)

-ing form of the verb picture