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graphic
1[ graf-ik ]
adjective
- giving a clear and effective picture; vivid:
a graphic account of an earthquake.
- pertaining to the use of diagrams, graphs, mathematical curves, or the like; diagrammatic.
- of, relating to, or expressed by writing:
graphic symbols.
- written, inscribed, or drawn.
- depicted in a realistic or vivid manner:
graphic sex and violence.
- containing graphic descriptions:
a graphic movie.
- Geology. (of a rock) having a texture formed by the intergrowth of certain minerals so as to resemble written characters.
- Mathematics. pertaining to the determination of values, solution of problems, etc., by direct measurement on diagrams instead of by ordinary calculations.
- of or relating to the graphic arts.
noun
- a product of the graphic arts, as a drawing or print.
- a computer-generated image.
graphic
/ ˈɡræfɪk /
adjective
- vividly or clearly described
a graphic account of the disaster
- sexually explicit
- of or relating to writing or other inscribed representations
graphic symbols
- maths using, relating to, or determined by a graph
a graphic representation of the figures
- of or relating to the graphic arts
- geology having or denoting a texture formed by intergrowth of the crystals to resemble writing
graphic granite
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Derived Forms
- ˈgraphicalness, noun
- ˈgraphically, adverb
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Other Words From
- graphi·cal·ly adverb
- graphi·cal·ness graphic·ness noun
- non·graphic adjective
- non·graphi·cal adjective
- non·graphi·cal·ly adverb
- non·graphi·cal·ness noun
- un·graphic adjective
- un·graphi·cal adjective
- un·graphi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of graphic1
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Example Sentences
Most of it is taken up by a graphic inviting the visitor to participate in the 2016 online presidential straw poll.
Surely all this graphic talk of gastrointestinal distress is making you queasy.
Detainees were described, in graphic detail, being rectally fed against their will.
For anyone who cared to watch, the event and its denouement provided a graphic demonstration that the Iron Curtain was crumbling.
His work also provides a graphic account of injured females who were assaulted by marauding “gangs” of Adélie males.
It seems hardly possible to draw a more graphic picture of the blessings diffused by the balmy plant, than that just given.
They were all very happy and merry, for Stanley was recounting with graphic power some of the incidents of his recent voyage.
While reading, he generally interspersed a few pointed remarks or graphic explanations, and Eric learnt much in this simple way.
His graphic account of his interview will well illustrate the manner in which he treated the Republicans.
The account in Larousse's "Grand Dictionnaire" is so graphic that it makes one's flesh creep.
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