"depict" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈpɪkt/ Audio: En-us-depict.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɪkt Etymology: From Middle English depict, from Latin dēpictus, from dēpingō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|depict}} Middle English depict, {{der|en|la|dēpictus}} Latin dēpictus, {{m|la|dēpingō}} dēpingō Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} depict (not comparable)
  1. (obsolete) Depicted. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-depict-en-adj-~0WHG4jx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16

Verb

IPA: /dɪˈpɪkt/ Audio: En-us-depict.ogg [US] Forms: depicts [present, singular, third-person], depicting [participle, present], depicted [participle, past], depicted [past]
Rhymes: -ɪkt Etymology: From Middle English depict, from Latin dēpictus, from dēpingō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|depict}} Middle English depict, {{der|en|la|dēpictus}} Latin dēpictus, {{m|la|dēpingō}} dēpingō Head templates: {{en-verb}} depict (third-person singular simple present depicts, present participle depicting, simple past and past participle depicted)
  1. To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means. Synonyms: portray, express, exhibit, register, show, describe, visualise, draw, render, depicture Related terms: depiction, depictive Translations (to render a representation of something — see also describe): описвам (opisvam) (Bulgarian), изобразявам (izobrazjavam) (Bulgarian), 描繪 (Chinese Mandarin), 描绘 (miáohuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 描述 (miáoshù) (Chinese Mandarin), afbilde (Danish), skildre (Danish), afbeelden (Dutch), beschrijven (Dutch), figuri (Esperanto), prezenti (Esperanto), kujutama (Estonian), kuvata (Finnish), représenter (French), décrire (French), darstellen (German), beschreiben (German), abbilden (German), lerajzol (Hungarian), lefest (Hungarian), leír (Hungarian), ábrázol (Hungarian), deskriptar (Ido), piktar (Ido), reprezentar (Ido), depinger (Interlingua), rappresentare (Italian), raffigurare (Italian), 描く (kaku) (alt: かく) (Japanese), wótmólowaś [perfective] (Lower Sorbian), ചിത്രീകരിക്കുക (citrīkarikkuka) (Malayalam), skildre (Norwegian), avbilde (Norwegian), forestille (Norwegian), beskrive (Norwegian), fremstille (Norwegian Bokmål), framstille (Norwegian Nynorsk), framstilla (Norwegian Nynorsk), skildra (Norwegian Nynorsk), avbilda (Norwegian Nynorsk), beskriva (Norwegian Nynorsk), representar (Portuguese), retratar [masculine] (Portuguese), descrever (Portuguese), înfățișa (Romanian), descrie (Romanian), picta (Romanian), ilustra (Romanian), reprezenta (Romanian), изобража́ть (izobražátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), изобрази́ть (izobrazítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обрисо́вывать (obrisóvyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обрисова́ть (obrisovátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), опи́сывать (opísyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), описа́ть (opisátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), representar (Spanish), retratar (Spanish), describir (Spanish), framställa (Swedish), skildra (Swedish), tasvir etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-depict-en-verb-Sx-G7keD

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1770, Thomas Chatterton, The Auction, a Poem: A Familiar Epistle to a Friend, London: George Kearsly",
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          "ref": "1984, Lawrence Starr, “Toward a Reevaluation of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess”, in American Music, volume 2, number 2, page 27",
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          "ref": "1987, Niall O'Loughlin, “Music Reviews: 20th-century guitar”, in The Musical Times, volume 128, number 1734, page 443",
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          "word": "forestille"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "ro",
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          "word": "înfățișa"
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          "word": "descrie"
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
          "word": "picta"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
          "word": "ilustra"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
          "word": "reprezenta"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izobražátʹ",
          "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "изобража́ть"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "izobrazítʹ",
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          "word": "изобрази́ть"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "obrisóvyvatʹ",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "obrisovátʹ",
          "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "opísyvatʹ",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "opisátʹ",
          "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
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          "code": "dsb",
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          "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
          "word": "representar"
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          "code": "es",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "depiction"
    },
    {
      "word": "depictive"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Book 4, Chapter 12, p. 189",
          "text": "And by [these Embassadours] he sent to their master a Tent, wherein the history of the Bible was as richly as curiously depicted in needle-work;",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1770, Thomas Chatterton, The Auction, a Poem: A Familiar Epistle to a Friend, London: George Kearsly",
          "text": "The Spring, when all its beauties rise,\nI see depicted in your eyes",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, Lawrence Starr, “Toward a Reevaluation of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess”, in American Music, volume 2, number 2, page 27",
          "text": "The well-known words depict a woman seeking sanctuary in a love relationship form a brutal, rapacious man.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, Niall O'Loughlin, “Music Reviews: 20th-century guitar”, in The Musical Times, volume 128, number 1734, page 443",
          "text": "Here the music depicts the delicate pattern of ice on windows.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "1994, E. Pennisi, \"Breathe (xenon) deeply to see lungs clearly,\" Science News, vol. 146, no. 5, p. 70 (caption),\nFalse-color computer images depict lungs removed from a mouse."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "render",
          "render"
        ],
        [
          "representation",
          "representation"
        ],
        [
          "word",
          "word"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "image",
          "image"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "portray"
        },
        {
          "word": "express"
        },
        {
          "word": "exhibit"
        },
        {
          "word": "register"
        },
        {
          "word": "show"
        },
        {
          "word": "describe"
        },
        {
          "word": "visualise"
        },
        {
          "word": "draw"
        },
        {
          "word": "render"
        },
        {
          "word": "depicture"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈpɪkt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪkt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-depict.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/En-us-depict.ogg/En-us-depict.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/En-us-depict.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "opisvam",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "описвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izobrazjavam",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "изобразявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "描繪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miáohuì",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "描绘"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "miáoshù",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "描述"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "afbilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "skildre"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "afbeelden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "beschrijven"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "figuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "prezenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "kujutama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "kuvata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "représenter"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "décrire"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "darstellen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "beschreiben"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "abbilden"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "lerajzol"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "lefest"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "leír"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "ábrázol"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "deskriptar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "piktar"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "reprezentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "depinger"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "rappresentare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "raffigurare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaku",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "描く"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "citrīkarikkuka",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "ചിത്രീകരിക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "skildre"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "avbilde"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "forestille"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "beskrive"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "fremstille"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "framstille"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "framstilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "skildra"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "avbilda"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "beskriva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "representar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "descrever"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "înfățișa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "descrie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "picta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "ilustra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "reprezenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izobražátʹ",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "изобража́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izobrazítʹ",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "изобрази́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrisóvyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обрисо́вывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obrisovátʹ",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обрисова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opísyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опи́сывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opisátʹ",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "описа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wótmólowaś"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "representar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "retratar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "describir"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "framställa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "skildra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to render a representation of something — see also describe",
      "word": "tasvir etmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "depict"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English verbs",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪkt",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪkt/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "depict"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English depict",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēpictus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dēpictus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "dēpingō"
      },
      "expansion": "dēpingō",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English depict, from Latin dēpictus, from dēpingō.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "depict (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Early 1400s, John Lydgate, “The Concords of Company” in James Orchard Halliwell (ed.), A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate, London: The Percy Society, 1840, p. 177,\nI fond a lyknesse depict upon a wal,\nArmed in vertues, as I walk up and doun,\nThe hed of thre ful solempne and roial,\nIntellectus, memorye, and resoun;"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Depicted."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Depicted."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈpɪkt/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪkt"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-depict.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/En-us-depict.ogg/En-us-depict.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/En-us-depict.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "depict"
}

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