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noun
A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A drawing or painting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
A representation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
The act of depicting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
representation by drawing or painting etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: delineation, portrayal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pictorial representation, picturing
Narrower terms: portraiture
noun
a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: delineation, limning, line drawing
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drawing
Narrower terms: animalization
noun
a representation by picture or portraiture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: depicting, portraying, portrayal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: representational process
Narrower terms: mirror
noun
a graphic or vivid verbal description
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: word picture, word-painting, delineation, picture, characterization, characterisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: description, verbal description
Narrower terms: epithet, portrayal, portraiture, portrait
History
From French dépiction, from Latin dēpictiō. By surface analysis, depict + -ion.
Across languages
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
