What does depict mean?
Definitions for depict
dɪˈpɪktde·pict
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Princeton's WordNet
picture, depict, render, showverb
show in, or as in, a picture
"This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
describe, depict, drawverb
give a description of
"He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
portray, depict, limnverb
make a portrait of
"Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
Wiktionary
depictverb
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Depictverb
Etymology: depingo depictum, Latin.
The cowards of Lacedemon depicted upon their shields the most terrible beasts they could imagine. Jeremy Taylor, Worthy Comm.
When the distractions of a tumult are sensibly depicted, every object and every occurrence are so presented to your view, that while you read, you seem indeed to see them. Henry Felton.
ChatGPT
depict
Depict means to represent or portray something in a picture, sculpture, literature, or other artistic form. It can also denote giving a detailed description of something or representing it visually.
Webster Dictionary
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Depictverb
to form a colored likeness of; to represent by a picture; to paint; to portray
Depictverb
to represent in words; to describe vividly
Etymology: [L. depictus, p. p. of depingere to depict; de- + pingere to paint. See Paint, and cf. Depaint, p. p.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Depict
de-pikt′, v.t. to paint carefully: to make a likeness of: to describe minutely. [L. depingĕre, depictum—de, inten., pingĕre, to paint.]
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'depict' in Verbs Frequency: #867
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of depict in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of depict in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of depict in a Sentence
I’ve received insults, death threats, and even my mother has been attacked online. For ‘ SVU ’ to depict rape and violence in such a manner, the show risks normalizing it.
You chose the safe desk job, what you consider to be moral guilt and what you depict as being a cog in the wheel is exactly what lawmakers view as being an accessory to murder.
None of them have even seen the film, and while it is based on one man's story, it's a feature, not a documentary. There are plenty of movies that depict the brutality and inhumanity of war, unbroken.
TV and films rarely ever depict normal deaths, for many individuals, death is a gentle, peaceful and pain-free event. Although grieving the loss of loved ones can be a difficult process, some people do speak about their loved ones death as having beena positive experience. We need to demystify death and talk about it more.
There are Hollywood movies that depict Muslims in a much worse manner than any scene Bang Bros [the production company] could produce.
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- تصفArabic
- описвам, изобразявамBulgarian
- beschreiben, abbilden, darstellenGerman
- figuriEsperanto
- representarSpanish
- kujutamaEstonian
- kuvataFinnish
- représenter, décrireFrench
- चित्रित करनाHindi
- lerajzol, leír, lefestHungarian
- պատկերելArmenian
- depingerInterlingua
- raffigura, rappresentaItalian
- 描くJapanese
- afbeelden, beschrijvenDutch
- skildreNorwegian
- representarPortuguese
- picta, reprezenta, ilustra, descrie, înfățișaRomanian
- обрисо́вывать, обрисова́ть, изобрази́ть, изобража́ть, опи́сывать, описа́тьRussian
- skildra, framställaSwedish
- சித்தரிக்கTamil
- gostermekTurkish
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