GET THE PICTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does get the picture mean? 

• GET THE PICTURE (verb)
  The verb GET THE PICTURE has 1 sense:

1. get the meaning of something

  Familiarity information: GET THE PICTURE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GET THE PICTURE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get the meaning of something

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

apprehend; compass; comprehend; dig; get the picture; grasp; grok; savvy

Context example:

Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?

Hypernyms (to "get the picture" is one way to...):

understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get the picture"):

figure (understand)

catch on; cotton on; get it; get onto; get wise; latch on; tumble; twig (understand, usually after some initial difficulty)

intuit (know or grasp by intuition or feeling)

digest (arrange and integrate in the mind)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

The next thing wanted was to get the picture framed; and here were a few difficulties.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)