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portray
[ pawr-trey ]
verb (used with object)
- to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.
Synonyms: , ,
- to depict in words; describe graphically.
Synonyms: , ,
- to represent dramatically, as on the stage:
He portrayed Napoleon in the play.
portray
/ ɔːˈٰɪ /
verb
- to represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, etc; make a portrait of
- to make a verbal picture of; depict in words
- to play the part of (a character) in a play or film
Derived Forms
- ǰˈٰ, noun
- ǰˈٰⲹ, noun
- ǰˈٰⲹ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- ǰ·ٰ·· adjective
- ǰ·ٰ· noun
- non·ǰ·ٰ·· adjective
- ·ǰ·ٰ verb (used with object)
- un·ǰ·ٰ·· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of portray1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Philip, played by Toby Jones, is portrayed as a serious and cultured man who, alongside teaching English, writes and produces plays.
As we get to know the movie’s wiry, chaotic young protagonist, engagingly portrayed by first-time actor Faveau, we expect he’ll get a life education the hard way, as these stories usually offer up.
Fishburne was nominated for a Tony Award for the one-man play in which he portrayed civil rights attorney and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Xi is portraying his country as a champion of free trade, a backer of multilateral institutions, and making comparisons with the world's other superpower which is seen as trashing both of these.
And Marine Le Pen has been widely portrayed, with something close to certainty, as France's president-in-waiting, as the nation's most popular politician, cruelly robbed of her near-inevitable procession towards the Élysée Palace.
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