Question 1 · Quick check
graphic
CEFRB1
/ˈɡɹæfɪk/
adjective
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In plain English
- 01
adjective
Relating to pictures, images, or clear detailed description.
- 02
adjective
Extra detailExplicit, vivid, descriptive, often in relation to depictions of sex or violence.
Examples
Note the function of the background layers of these graphic designs.
There were some graphic novels mixed into the pile of specialty books on the desk.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 1
Deep Dive
adjective
Extra meaningsRelating to or reminiscent of graphic arts.
Drawn, pictorial.
Having a texture that resembles writing, commonly created by exsolution, devitrification and immiscibility processes in igneous rocks.
More examples
In contextIn the bodycam footage he is heard using graphic language to berate her.
The design team has created a new graphic language for the promotional material of this campaign.
We are not publishing these images because of the graphic nature of the content.
Quick test
Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.
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Origin
adjective
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).