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portray

[ pawr-trey ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to make a likeness of by drawing, painting, carving, or the like.

    Synonyms: , ,

  2. to depict in words; describe graphically.

    Synonyms: , ,

  3. to represent dramatically, as on the stage:

    He portrayed Napoleon in the play.



portray

/ ɔːˈٰɪ /

verb

  1. to represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, etc; make a portrait of
  2. to make a verbal picture of; depict in words
  3. to play the part of (a character) in a play or film
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ǰˈٰ, noun
  • ǰˈٰⲹ, noun
  • ǰˈٰⲹ, adjective
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  • ǰ·ٰ·· adjective
  • ǰ·ٰ· noun
  • non·ǰ·ٰ·· adjective
  • ·ǰ·ٰ verb (used with object)
  • un·ǰ·ٰ·· adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of portray1

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English portrayen, from Middle French portraire, from Late Latin ōٰ “to depict,” Latin: “to draw forth,” equivalent to ō- pro- 1 + trahere “to draw”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of portray1

C14: from Old French portraire to depict, from Latin ōٰ to drag forth, bring to light, from pro- 1+ trahere to drag
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Synonym Study

See depict.
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Philip, played by Toby Jones, is portrayed as a serious and cultured man who, alongside teaching English, writes and produces plays.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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