Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - depict
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Depict
depict
(depicts, depicting, depicted) 1. To depict someone or something means to show or represent them in a work of art such as a drawing or painting. ...a gallery of pictures depicting Nelson’s most famous battles. VERB: V n 2. To depict someone or something means to describe them or give an impression of them in writing. Margaret Atwood’s novel depicts a gloomy, futuristic America... Children’s books often depict farmyard animals as gentle, lovable creatures. = portray VERB: V n, V n as n
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transitive verb Etymology: Latin ~us, past participle of depingere, from de- + pingere to paint — more at paint Date: 15th century 1. to represent by or as if by a picture a mural ~ing a famous battle 2. describe 1 • ~er noun • ~ion noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 represent in a drawing or painting etc. 2 portray in words; describe (the play depicts him as vain and petty). Derivatives depicter n. depiction n. depictive adj. depictor n. Etymology: L depingere depict- (as DE-, pingere paint) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. рисовать; изображать to depict a room —- изобразить комнату (на полотне) 2. описывать, изображать to depict smb.'s destiny —- описать чью-л. судьбу 3. запечатлевать terror was depicted on his face —- книж. ужас был написан на его лице Bible scenes depicted on the tapestry —- библейские сцены, изображенные на гобеленах ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v to describe something, especially in writing or pictures, in a way that gives a clear idea of a real situation (a book that depicts life in pre-revolutionary Russia) - depiction n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from L. depictus, pp. of depigere, from de- "down" + pingere "to paint." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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