graphic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Very clear and detailed, especially in describing something unpleasant like sex or violence.

   The film was banned because of its graphic violence.

2. 2
   adj

   Relating to drawing, design, or visual art.

   She works as a graphic designer for a magazine.

3. 3
   noun

   A picture or image, especially one created by a computer.

   The graphics in this new game are amazing.

Common collocations

• graphic symbol Adjective + noun

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).

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