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# graphic

«graphic» in Mova's school dictionary: **a picture, diagram, chart or design, especially one made…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (graphic); noun (a graphic, graphics)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A graphic is a picture, diagram, chart or design, especially one made on a computer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/#m1)

2) Graphics are the pictures and images in a computer game, film or book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/#m2)

3) A graphic description shows something in very clear, detailed and sometimes upsetting ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/#m3)

4) Graphic also means to do with drawing or design, as in graphic design. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and computing lessons, graphics include charts, graphs and diagrams that show data. In games, «good graphics» means the pictures look real and smooth. Films and news may warn of «graphic images» or «graphic violence», meaning very realistic and possibly upsetting things; it is fine to look away. Phrases: graphic novel (a comic-style book), graphic design, graphics card, graphic organiser.

### examples

- The game has amazing graphics. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/#x1)
- We made a graphic to show how many pets each class has. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/#x2)
- A graphic novel tells a story in comic pictures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/#x3)
- The news warned that the report contained graphic images. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/#x4)
- My aunt works in graphic design and makes logos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/#x5)
- He gave a graphic description of his sprained ankle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/#x6)
- Use a graphic organiser to plan your story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/#x7)

### note

«Graphics» (plural) usually means images in general. «Graphic» as an adjective about violence or details is a warning word. Do not confuse with «graph», a maths diagram with axes; a graph is one kind of graphic. Graphically is the adverb.

### In the corpora

- [Comics and graphic novels are real reading: you work out the story from the words and the pictures together.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/16-reading-for-pleasure-and-the-reading-book-at-home/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «graphic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/graphic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.