# pictures

Pronunciation: US say "PIK-churz" /ˈpɪkt͡ʃɚz/; UK say "PIK-chuhz" /ˈpɪktʃəz/

## Noun

1. Plural of picture. — plural of picture
   - Simple: Plural of picture. Use this form when you mean more than one.
   - _The gallery displayed pictures from several local photographers._
   - _He keeps old family pictures in a wooden box under the stairs._
3. A theater where films are shown to a paying audience; a cinema. *(Ireland, UK)*
   - Simple: A place where you go to watch movies on a big screen with other people.
   - _They met outside the pictures before the evening showing._
   - _A trip to the pictures was a popular weekend outing for the whole family._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of picture. — third-person singular simple present indicative of picture
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of picture. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _Whenever the coach pictures the final play, she sketches it on the board._
   - _The novel pictures rural life in vivid and unsparing detail._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pictures (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).