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depict

/dɪˈpɪkt/verb2 syllables

Depict means: show in, or as in, a picture.

Synonyms for depict12

verb, as in show in, or as in, a picture

verb, as in give a description of

verb, as in make a portrait of

portray, limn

also used for depict

express, exhibit, register, bespeak, visualise

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What does depict mean?3

verb

1

show in, or as in, a picture“This scene depicts country life”

2

give a description of“He drew an elaborate plan of attack”

3

make a portrait of“Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with depict?13

three syllables

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Depict in a sentence

  • Meanwhile, we depict aliens doing really weird stuff.sezerpicak
  • Many fantasy novels depict worlds with two moons.Eccles17
  • It is impossible to depict that by means of words.carlosalberto
  • Yanni doesn't depict human figures in his paintings.Amastan
  • The tapestries depict scenes from mythological tales about gods and goddesses.megamanenm
  • The artist uses cold colours to depict his hard time in prison.mutskt
  • The vertical axis of the graph depicts the volume of the crop.Nylez
  • I'm not a poet; I couldn't write a single line to depict its beauty.eastasiastudent

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of depict

as a verb

past tense
depicted
present participle
depicting
third-person singular
depicts
past participle
depicted