(rather formal)
1 to show an image of sb/sth in a picture:
[VN] a painting depicting the Virgin and Child * [VN-ing] The artist had depicted her lying naked on a bed.
2 [VN] to describe sth in words, or give an impression of sth in words or with a picture:
The novel depicts French society in the 1930s. * The advertisements depict smoking as glamorous and attractive.
depiction noun [U,C]:
They object to the movie's depiction of gay people.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for depict is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does depict appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — depict appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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