pic

«pic» in Mova's school dictionary: Short for picture or photo — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a pic, pics) — informal

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Short for picture or photo. tree →

2) (informal, especially UK, Australia) A film, short for "picture" (old: "the pics"). tree →

sense in the lessons

In real speech and texts: "send me a pic", "nice pic!". Common on phones and social media. Phrases: profile pic, take a pic, send a pic.

examples

• Send me a pic of your new puppy! tree →
• That's a great pic of the beach. tree →
• Can I take a pic of you? tree →
• She changed her profile pic. tree →
• I've got loads of pics from the trip. tree →
• Never send pics to strangers online. tree →

note

Informal; in school writing use "picture" or "photo". Plural: pics. Online safety: don't share pics with people you don't know. Also spelt "pix" for plural.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «pic» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.