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Noun
S:
(n)
depicting
,
depiction
,
portraying
,
portrayal
(a representation by picture or portraiture)
Verb
S:
(v)
portray
(portray in words)
"The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
S:
(v)
portray
,
depict
,
limn
(make a portrait of)
"Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"
S:
(v)
impersonate
,
portray
(assume or act the character of)
"She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"
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direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
sentence frame
Somebody ----s somebody
S:
(v)
portray
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present
(represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture)
"The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"