noun
Meaning 1
The act of portraying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
portrayal
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: /ˌpɔɹˈtɹeɪ.əl/
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rhymes with -eɪəl
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noun
Meaning 2
The result of portraying; a representation, description, or portrait.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 1866, Charlotte Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest He had already designed the portrayal of his father as the old white king, and himself as the young white king, in a series of woodcuts illustrating the narrative which culminated in the one romance of his life, ...
- 1909, Arnold Bennett, Literary Taste For days afterwards you will not be able to look upon a child without recalling Lamb's portrayal of the grace of childhood.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: characterization, enactment, personation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: acting, playing, playacting, performing
Narrower terms: impression, character, role, theatrical role, part, persona
noun
Meaning 4
representation by drawing or painting etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: depiction, delineation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pictorial representation, picturing
Narrower terms: portraiture
noun
Meaning 5
any likeness of a person, in any medium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the photographer made excellent portraits
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: portrait
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: likeness, semblance
Narrower terms: half-length, self-portrait
noun
Meaning 6
a representation by picture or portraiture
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: depicting, depiction, portraying
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: representational process
Narrower terms: mirror
noun
Meaning 7
a word picture of a person's appearance and character
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: portraiture, portrait
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: word picture, word-painting, delineation, depiction, picture, characterization, characterisation
History
Etymology
From portray + -al.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: kuvaaminen — act of portraying
- Finnish: kuvailu — act of portraying
- Georgian: განსახიერება (gansaxiereba) — act of portraying
- Hindi: चित्रांकन (citrāṅkan) — act of portraying
- Irish: dreachadh — act of portraying
- Irish: léiriú — act of portraying
- Malayalam: ചിത്രീകരണം (citrīkaraṇaṁ) — act of portraying
- Finnish: kuvaus — result of portraying
- Finnish: muotokuva — result of portraying
- Hindi: चित्र (citra) — result of portraying
- Hindi: चित्रण (citraṇ) — result of portraying
- Irish: dreachadh — result of portraying
- Irish: léiriú — result of portraying
- Irish: léargas — result of portraying
- Malayalam: ചിത്രീകരണം (citrīkaraṇaṁ) — result of portraying
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