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picture show

[ pik-cher shoh ]

noun

Older Use.
  1. a movie; motion picture.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of picture show1

First recorded in 1865–70, in sense “exhibition of pictures” and in 1910–15 for current senses
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The picture shows the schoolboy prince smiling, set against a woodlands backdrop.

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Coming quite late, the "Hippodrome was was built in 1907 originally with a cinema in mind" as to take full advantage of the advent of modern cinema and growing popularity of picture shows.

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The picture shows the pair walking together near Corby's boating lake on 10 November.

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Their picture shows the galaxy NGC 5128 and its relativistic jet - beams of radiation and particles travelling close to the speed of light.

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This picture shows the moment of launch, which happened a few minutes ago.

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