program
programme | a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation, the program lasted more than two hours |
photography
picture taking | the act of taking and printing photographs |
filming
cinematography
motion-picture photography | the act of making a film |
cinema
movie theater
movie theatre
movie house
picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
face card
picture card
court card | one of the twelve cards in a deck bearing a picture of a face |
gallery art gallery
picture gallery | a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited |
Identikit
Identikit picture | a likeness of a person's face constructed from descriptions given to police, uses a set of transparencies of various facial features that can be combined to build up a picture of the person sought |
kinescope
picture tube
television tube | a cathodeay tube in a television receiver, translates the received signal into a picture on a luminescent screen |
motion-picture camera
movie camera
cineamera | a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession |
motion-picture film
movie film
cine-film | photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, to be used in a movie camera |
painting
picture | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface, a small painting by Picasso, he bought the painting as an investment, his pictures hang in the Louvre |
photograph
photo
exposure
picture pic | a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide, recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material |
picture
image
icon
ikon | a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface, they showed us the pictures of their wedding, a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them |
| picture book | a book consisting chiefly of pictures |
| picture frame | a framework in which a picture is mounted |
| picture hat | a woman's dressy hat with a wide brim |
| picture rail | rail fixed to a wall for hanging pictures |
| picture window | a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view) |
pixel
pel
picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
roentgenogram
X ray
Xay
Xay picture
Xay photograph | a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays, used in medical diagnosis |
stereo stereoscopic picture
stereoscopic photograph | two photographs taken from slightly different angles that appear three-dimensional when viewed together |
| wedding picture | photographs of bride and groom and their friends taken at their wedding |
| picture | a typical example of some state or quality, the very picture of a modern general, she was the picture of despair |
audit program
audit programme | a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit |
plan
program
programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished, they drew up a six-step plan, they discussed plans for a new bond issue |
| program programme | a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need, he proposed an elaborate program of public works, working mothers rely on the day care program |
| memory picture | a memory image that is similar to a visual perception |
mental picture
picture
impression | a clear and telling mental image, he described his mental picture of his assailant, he had no clear picture of himself or his world, the events left a permanent impression in his mind |
video
picture | the visible part of a television transmission, they could still receive the sound but the picture was gone |
| picture writing | a writing system using pictographs |
program programme computer program
computer programme | (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute, the program required several hundred lines of code |
application application program
applications programme | a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task, he has tried several different word processing applications |
a movie
film picture moving picture
moving-picture show
motion picture
motion-picture show
picture show
pic
flick | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement, they went to a movie every Saturday night, the film was shot on location |
silent movie
silent picture
silents | a movie without a soundtrack |
talking picture
talkie | a movie with synchronized speech and singing |
| broadcast program programme | a radio or television show, did you see his program last night? |
| picture postcard | a postcard with a picture on one side |
course of study
program programme curriculum
syllabus | an integrated course of academic studies, he was admitted to a new program at the university |
crash course
crash program
crash programme | a rapid and intense course of training or research (usually undertaken in an emergency), he took a crash course in Italian on his way to Italy, his first job was a crash course in survival and in learning how to get along with people, a crash programme is needed to create new jobs |
program
programme | an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event, you can't tell the players without a program |
picture
pictorial matter | illustrations used to decorate or explain a text, the dictionary had many pictures |
word picture
word-painting
delineation depiction picture characterization
characterisation | a graphic or vivid verbal description, too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures, the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland, the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters |
program music
programme music | musical compositions intended to evoke images or remind the listener of events |
| Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | an academy that gives annual awards for achievements in motion picture production and performance |
moviegoer
motion-picture fan | someone who goes to see movies |
| picture plane | the plane that is in the foreground of a drawing or painting, coextensive with but different from the objective surface of the work |
picture
scene | a situation treated as an observable object, the political picture is favorable, the religious scene in England has changed in the last century |
grok
get the picture
comprehend
savvy
dig
grasp
compass
apprehend | get the meaning of something, Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter? |
program
programme | arrange a program of or for, program theth birthday party |
| suggest evoke paint a picture | call to mind, this remark evoked sadness |