depict
pronunciation
How to pronounce depict in British English:
UK [dɪˈpɪkt]
How to pronounce depict in American English:
US [dɪˈpɪkt]
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- Verb:
- show in, or as in, a picture
- give a description of
- make a portrait of
Word Origin
- depict
- depict: see picture
- depict (v.)
- early 15c., from Latin depictus, past participle of depingere "to portray, paint, sketch; describe, imagine," from de- "down" (see de-) + pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)). Related: Depicted; depicting.
Synonym
Example
- 1. Films nearly always depict big business as malign .
- 2. Chinese television series and films depict the japanese as warmongering and cruel .
- 3. These models depict marine ecosystems at various time periods from 1880 to 2007 .
- 4. This bid to depict the tories as somehow above mere party politics was intensely personalised .
- 5. Still , more fantastic interpretations depict large fissures opening up and swallowing people and buildings whole .