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- 1. represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form: "paintings depicting Old Testament scenes" Similar
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to represent or show something in a picture or story: Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century. depict someone as something/doing something In the book, he depicts his father as a tyrant. [ + -ing verb ] People were shocked by the advertisement, which depicted a woman beat ing her husband. Fewer examples.
noun. Did you know? Depict and Depiction. If you depict someone or something, you show what that person or thing is like—either in some kind of image (such as a drawing, painting, photograph, or movie), or with words. What results from your efforts to depict that person or thing can be called a depiction.
To depict someone or something means to show or represent them in a work of art such as a drawing or painting. ...a gallery of pictures depicting Nelson's most famous battles. [VERB noun] Synonyms: illustrate, portray, picture, paint More Synonyms of depict. 2. verb.
to represent or show something in a picture or story: Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century. depict someone as something/doing something In the book, he depicts his father as a tyrant. [ + -ing verb ] People were shocked by the advertisement, which depicted a woman beat ing her husband. Fewer examples.
Definitions of depict. verb. give a description of. synonyms: describe, draw. see more. verb. show in, or as in, a picture. “This scene depicts country life” synonyms: picture, render, show. see more. verb. make a portrait of. synonyms: limn, portray. see more. Pronunciation. US. /dəˈpɪkt/ UK. /dɪˈpɪkt/ Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Depict."
1. To represent in a picture or sculpture: Each page's border has designs that depict forest animals. 2. To represent in words; describe: stories that depict life on the frontier. [Middle English depicten, from Latin dēpingere, dēpict- : dē-, de- + pingere, to picture; see peig- in Indo-European roots.] de·pic′tion n.
to describe something in words, or give an impression of something in words or with a picture. depict somebody/something The novel depicts French society in the 1930s. depict somebody/something as somebody/something The advertisements depicted the city as glamorous and exciting. Topics Literature and writing c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
to describe something in words, or give an impression of something in words or with a picture depict somebody/something The novel depicts French society in the 1930s. depict somebody/something as somebody/something The advertisements depict smoking as glamorous and attractive. depiction. /dɪˈpɪkʃn/
to represent someone or something in a picture or story: The cartoon depicts the president as a vampire. depiction. noun [ C, U ] uk / dɪˈpɪkʃ ə n / us. (Definition of depict from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of depict. in Chinese (Traditional) 描繪，描述，描寫… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 描绘，描述，描写…
Depict, portray, sketch imply a representation of an object or scene by colors or lines, or by words. Depict emphasizes vividness of detail: to depict the confusion of departure. Portray emphasizes faithful representation: We could not portray the anguish of the exiles.
