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How to pronounce depict in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms describe, draw
Type of set forth, expound, exposit
Has types represent, adumbrate, delineate, outline, sketch
Derivation depiction, picture
Type Words
Synonyms picture, render, show
Type of represent, interpret
Has types illustrate, map
Derivation picture, depicting, depiction, depictive


This scene depicts country life.
Type Words
Synonyms limn, portray
Type of interpret, represent
Derivation depicting, depiction, depictive, picture

Examples of depict

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They are used as an educational tool, to depict biblical and moralistic moments.
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The case also includes two small transfer-ware plates that depict sugar farming.
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The sculptures depict a woman's backside progressing from realistic to abstract.
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Works by Elizabeth Conroy Benati that depict the vibrancy of Caribbean cultures.
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They squandered a windfall and now depict themselves as victims of circumstance.
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Public portraits of the new leader depict him with white roses and a white dove.
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A number of sculptured relief panels were to depict the life of the Virgin Mary.
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This scene has been reconstructed based on coins that depict such a seated Roma.
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It's considered the first state portrait to depict a ruler's wife with his heir.
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More examples
  • Picture: 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: give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
  • Portray: make a portrait of; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
  • (depicted) represented graphically by sketch or design or lines
  • (depicting) a representation by picture or portraiture
  • (depiction) word picture: a graphic or vivid verbal description; "too often the narrative was interrupted by long word pictures"; "the author gives a depressing picture of life in Poland"; "the pamphlet contained brief characterizations of famous Vermonters"
  • (depiction) delineation: a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
  • Depiction is meaning conveyed through pictures. Basically, a picture maps an object to a two-dimensional scheme or picture plane. ...
  • To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means