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Graphic

GRAPH'IC

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graphic

graphic

English

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Adjective

graphic ‎(comparative more graphic, superlative most graphic)

  1. drawn, pictorial
  2. vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence

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Noun

graphic ‎(plural graphics)

  1. A drawing or picture.
  2. (mostly in plural) A computer-generated image as viewed on a screen forming part of a game or a film etc.
    I've just played this new computer game: the graphics are amazing.

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Etymology

From Latin graphicus ‎(“belonging to painting or drawing”), from Ancient Greek γραφικός ‎(graphikós, “belonging to painting or drawing, picturesque, of or for writing; of style, lively”), from γραφή ‎(graphḗ, “drawing, painting, writing, a writing, description, etc.”), from γράφω ‎(gráphō, “scratch, carve”) (cognate with English carve).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæfɪk/
  • Rhymes: -æfɪk

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