- characterize
- detail
- illustrate
- interpret
- paint
- portray
- represent
- reproduce
- sketch
- delineate
- design
- image
- limn
- narrate
- outline
- picture
- relate
- report
- sculpt
- state
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She paled beside Valerie Marneffe, though, to be sure, Daudet knew better than to attempt to depict any such queen of vice.
THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDET
All historians who have written of Champlain attribute to him the qualities which we have endeavoured to depict in these pages.
THE MAKERS OF CANADA: CHAMPLAINN. E. DIONNE
It has in all ages been a pastime of noble minds to try to depict a perfect state of society.
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WORDS RELATED TO DEPICT
- announce
- blare
- boast
- broadcast
- deck
- declare
- depict
- description
- display
- embellish
- emblazon
- exhibit
- inscribe
- proclaim
- publish
- show
- Photostats
- Xeroxes
- carbons
- cartoons
- clones
- counterfeits
- delineates
- depicts
- dittos
- draws
- dupes
- engraves
- engrosses
- fakes
- forges
- imitates
- knocks off
- limns
- manifolds
- mimeos
- mirrors
- molds
- paints
- paraphrases
- photocopies
- pictures
- plagiarizes
- portrays
- reduplicates
- reflects
- repeats
- replicates
- represents
- reproduces
- rewrites
- sculptures
- simulates
- sketches
- stats
- traces
- transcribes
- Photostat
- Xerox
- carbon
- cartoon
- clone
- counterfeit
- delineate
- depict
- ditto
- draw
- dupe
- engrave
- engross
- fake
- forge
- imitate
- knock off
- limn
- manifold
- mimeo
- mirror
- mold
- paint
- paraphrase
- photocopy
- picture
- plagiarize
- portray
- reduplicate
- reflect
- repeat
- replicate
- represent
- reproduce
- rewrite
- sculpture
- simulate
- sketch
- stat
- trace
- transcribe
- characterize
- chart
- define
- depict
- detail
- draft
- draw
- figure
- lay out
- limn
- mark
- plot
- portray
- represent
- sketch out
- trace
- call
- characterize
- chronicle
- communicate
- construe
- convey image
- define
- delineate
- depict
- detail
- distinguish
- draw
- elucidate
- epitomize
- exemplify
- explicate
- expound
- express
- illuminate
- illustrate
- image
- impart
- interpret
- label
- limn
- make apparent
- make clear
- make sense of
- make vivid
- mark out
- name
- narrate
- outline
- paint
- particularize
- picture
- portray
- recite
- recount
- rehearse
- relate
- report
- represent
- sketch
- specify
- state
- tell
- term
- trace
- transmit
- write up
- calls
- characterizes
- chronicles
- communicates
- construes
- conveys image
- defines
- delineates
- depicts
- details
- distinguishes
- draws
- elucidates
- epitomizes
- exemplifies
- explicates
- expounds
- expresses
- illuminates
- illustrates
- images
- imparts
- interprets
- labels
- limns
- makes apparent
- makes clear
- makes sense of
- makes vivid
- marks out
- names
- narrates
- outlines
- paints
- particularizes
- pictures
- portrays
- recites
- recounts
- rehearses
- relates
- reports
- represents
- sketches
- specifies
- states
- tells
- terms
- traces
- transmits
- writes up
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1 delineate, draw, illustrate, limn, outline, paint, picture, portray, render, reproduce, sculpt, sketch
2 characterize, describe, detail, narrate, outline, sketch
English Collins Dictionary — English synonyms & Thesaurus
depict
( depicts 3rd person present) ( depicting present participle) ( depicted past tense & past participle )
1 verb 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. V n
2 verb To depict someone or something means to describe them or give an impression of them in writing.
(=portray)
Margaret Atwood’s novel depicts a gloomy, futuristic America… V n
Children’s books often depict farmyard animals as gentle, lovable creatures. V n as n
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describe, explain by example
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explain by example, translate
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depictverb
Synonyms:
translate, demonstrate, usher, submit, return, express, provide, fancy, give, project, exhibit, evince, portray, deliver, prove, point, describe, yield, picture, indicate, envision, visualize, record, designate, generate, interpret, supply, show up, present, register, establish, turn in, render, show, fork out, limn, shew, evidence, read, draw, figure, testify, visualise, image -
depictverb
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
Synonyms:
deliver, evince, turn in, project, envision, point, return, figure, submit, establish, testify, shew, read, prove, render, usher, translate, generate, give, supply, fork out, demonstrate, record, evidence, designate, image, picture, exhibit, present, show, visualize, yield, describe, limn, show up, provide, express, draw, visualise, interpret, indicate, fancy, register, portray
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picture, depict, render, showverb
show in, or as in, a picture
«This scene depicts country life»; «the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting»
Synonyms:
supply, figure, express, hand over, demo, try, exhibit, register, show, return, establish, shew, deliver, fork over, fork up, present, read, indicate, evidence, point, record, furnish, see, testify, fancy, picture, translate, visualize, usher, give, envision, turn in, designate, limn, show up, render, evince, provide, prove, image, yield, demonstrate, portray, fork out, draw, visualise, generate, describe, interpret, project, submit, bear witness -
describe, depict, drawverb
give a description of
«He drew an elaborate plan of attack»
Synonyms:
tie, distinguish, take in, suck up, portray, pull in, attract, get, identify, quarter, thread, show, run, guide, key out, describe, drag, draw in, key, suck, delineate, report, make, soak up, cast, picture, pull, get out, take out, disembowel, sop up, puff, limn, reap, pass, render, imbibe, take up, string, line, name, pull out, draw, draw off, force, trace, absorb, withdraw, draw and quarter, pull back, account, discover, eviscerate -
portray, depict, limnverb
make a portrait of
«Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba»
Synonyms:
present, describe, limn, delineate, show, portray, impersonate, render, draw, picture, outline
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Lesley Fallowfield:
TV and films rarely ever depict normal deaths, for many individuals, death is a gentle, peaceful and pain-free event. Although grieving the loss of loved ones can be a difficult process, some people do speak about their loved ones death as having beena positive experience. We need to demystify death and talk about it more.
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The Australian:
The Council considers that the cartoon uses exaggeration and absurdity to make its point, but accepts the publisher’s claim that it does not depict Ms. Williams as an ape, rather showing her as ‘spitting the dummy’.
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Superintendent Errick L. Greene:
( Jackson Public Schools) has a great deal of respect and appreciation for our law enforcement partners, the band’s performance does not depict the values and people in our community, and was incredibly insensitive to the students, families, law enforcement officials and the entire Brookhaven community. For this we sincerely apologize to all, and we pledge to do better in the future.
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Louis Leterrier:
It’s not like I can go and cast Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts and I know what Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts’re going to bring to me, i had to build my Brad Pitt and build my Julia Roberts and describe to incredible sculptors the emotion that I wanted to depict and the raw puppets to have. It’s so important, in the colors, the textures, everything — every detail in a certain puppet is creating a character.
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Uri Berger:
The engraved shapes depict a straight line going to the center of an arc, about 15 such engravings were documented on the ceiling of the dolmen, spread out in a kind of arc along the ceiling. SCIENTISTS ISSUE DIRE WARNING ABOUT TOMB OF JESUS.
Translations for depict
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- تصفArabic
- описвам, изобразявамBulgarian
- beschreiben, abbilden, darstellenGerman
- figuriEsperanto
- representarSpanish
- kujutamaEstonian
- kuvataFinnish
- représenter, décrireFrench
- चित्रित करनाHindi
- lerajzol, leír, lefestHungarian
- պատկերելArmenian
- depingerInterlingua
- raffigura, rappresentaItalian
- 描くJapanese
- afbeelden, beschrijvenDutch
- skildreNorwegian
- representarPortuguese
- picta, reprezenta, ilustra, descrie, înfățișaRomanian
- обрисо́вывать, обрисова́ть, изобрази́ть, изобража́ть, опи́сывать, описа́тьRussian
- skildra, framställaSwedish
- சித்தரிக்கTamil
- gostermekTurkish
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Определения слова depict
- изображать
Синонимы к слову depict
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- describe
- draw
- give a picture of
- illustrate
- image
- paint
- portray
- represent
- show
- visualise
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1057 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪpˈɪkt], [ dɪpˈɪkt], [ d_ɪ_p_ˈɪ_k_t]
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Table of Contents
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n.
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- profile,
- pin down.
• depict (noun)
- limn.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- art,
- picture,
- representation.
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v.
• blazon (verb)
- descriptioning,
- descriptioned.
• copy (verb)
- photo-stating,
- photo-copied,
- mimeoing,
- re writing,
- photostating,
- re-producing,
- re presents,
- para-phrase,
- re present,
- re produced,
- mimeos,
- para phrasing,
- re duplicates,
- re-peat,
- photo stated,
- re-writing,
- re-peats,
- re-presents,
- statted,
- de picts,
- de-pict,
- re produce,
- re producing,
- re-duplicate,
- mimeoed,
- re-writes,
- photo copied,
- carboned,
- para phrase,
- photo copying,
- de pict,
- re-duplicated,
- re write,
- re-presenting,
- re peats,
- re-wrote,
- photo-copying,
- re-produces,
- re presenting,
- photo-copies,
- photo stating,
- re-write,
- re-written,
- carboning,
- re-presented,
- photo-stated,
- para-phrases,
- re duplicate,
- re-produced,
- para-phrasing,
- re presented,
- photostated,
- re wrote,
- re-duplicating,
- Re-present,
- para-phrased,
- statting,
- photo copies,
- re writes,
- de-picts,
- re-produce,
- para phrases,
- re duplicated,
- re produces,
- re duplicating,
- photo-copy,
- dittoing,
- para phrased,
- re-duplicates,
- re peat,
- re written.
• creation (verb)
- show,
- depict.
• delineate (verb)
- de fining,
- de fined,
- de-fines,
- de-fine,
- sketches out,
- sketching out,
- de fine,
- de-lineate,
- de lineate,
- de fines,
- sketched out,
- de-fining,
- de-lineated,
- de-fined,
- de lineated.
• describe (verb)
- ex-pounding,
- making vivid,
- out-lined,
- ex-plicated,
- re porting,
- ex-pounded,
- ex plicate,
- wrote up,
- re-cites,
- out lined,
- re citing,
- writ up,
- re ported,
- ex-pound,
- re-cited,
- ex plicated,
- writing up,
- re-cite,
- marked out,
- re-porting,
- makes vivid,
- made sense of,
- out line,
- writes up,
- ex pounds,
- de scribed,
- marks out,
- ex plicating,
- ex-plicate,
- ex pound,
- out-lines,
- makes clear,
- made vivid,
- out lines,
- conveys image,
- out-line,
- makes sense of,
- ex pounding,
- de-scribes,
- makes apparent,
- out-lining,
- ex plicates,
- de scribing,
- de scribe,
- re cites,
- de-scribe,
- re-citing,
- re-ported,
- conveyed image,
- making apparent,
- de-scribing,
- making sense of,
- ex-plicates,
- out lining,
- ex-plicating,
- ex-pounds,
- conveying image,
- re cited,
- ex pounded,
- de-scribed,
- made apparent,
- re cite,
- de scribes.
• describe, render in drawing or writing (verb)
- outline,
- report,
- design,
- image,
- represent,
- sculpt,
- state,
- characterize,
- reproduce.
• detail (verb)
- gotten down brass tacks,
- re-capitulating,
- quoted chapter verse,
- pro duces,
- un cover,
- pro-duces,
- de tails,
- getting down brass tacks,
- quoting chapter verse,
- un covering,
- catalogged,
- got down to brass tacks,
- re capitulated,
- un-covers,
- re capitulating,
- un-cover,
- fly specked,
- re-capitulated,
- gets down brass tacks,
- re-veals,
- de-tailed,
- de-tail,
- de tail,
- gets down to brass tacks,
- de-tails,
- re capitulates,
- de tailing,
- fly specks,
- catalogging,
- quoted chapter and verse,
- gat down to brass tacks,
- quotes chapter and verse,
- re capitulate,
- sweated details,
- un-covering,
- got down brass tacks,
- un covers,
- quotes chapter verse,
- re-capitulate,
- sweating details,
- quoting chapter and verse,
- Circumstantiating,
- get down brass tacks,
- gotten down to brass tacks,
- re veals,
- sweats details,
- gat down brass tacks,
- circumstantiates,
- de-tailing,
- getting down to brass tacks,
- pro duce,
- re-veal,
- quote chapter verse,
- re-capitulates,
- sets forth,
- fly specking,
- de tailed,
- un covered.
• draw (verb)
- doodle.
• enact (verb)
- dis coursing,
- appeared as,
- dis-coursed,
- dis-course,
- dis-coursing,
- dis coursed,
- dis course,
- dis courses,
- played part of,
- playing the part of,
- appearing as,
- playing part of,
- dis-courses,
- plays the part of,
- appears as,
- play part of,
- plays part of.
• etch (verb)
- ate in to,
- in-grain,
- re duces,
- re-duces,
- eating in to,
- re duce,
- in grain,
- in-scribing,
- in-scribes,
- in scribes,
- eat in to,
- eats in to,
- in-graining,
- in-grained,
- re-duce,
- eating into,
- in-grains,
- in-scribe,
- in graining,
- in grains,
- eats into,
- in scribe.
• exemplify (verb)
- dis playing,
- dis plays,
- dis-played,
- in stance,
- dis-playing,
- dis-plays,
- in stances,
- in-stance,
- dis played,
- dis-play,
- emblematizes,
- dis play,
- in-stances.
• express (verb)
- dis-close,
- de-noting,
- be-spoke,
- in-sinuate,
- dis-closed,
- pro-claiming,
- in sinuates,
- de noted,
- ex-pressing,
- in tend,
- be speak,
- de note,
- ex press,
- in-tends,
- de-noted,
- put in to words,
- makes known,
- pro claim,
- puts into words,
- be-spake,
- be-speak,
- in sinuating,
- in tending,
- in-sinuating,
- putting into words,
- putting in to words,
- ex presses,
- be speaks,
- be-spoken,
- de-note,
- be spoken,
- in-tend,
- in tends,
- pops off,
- ex-press,
- puts in to words,
- dis closes,
- pro claims,
- in sinuated,
- dis close,
- de-notes,
- pro-claims,
- puts across,
- be spoke,
- popping off,
- dis closing,
- de noting,
- dis-closes,
- pro claiming,
- de-clare,
- in sinuate,
- be speaking,
- ex-presses,
- in-tending,
- be spake,
- de notes,
- putting across,
- de-clares,
- ex-pressed,
- be-speaking,
- pro claimed,
- de clares,
- dis-closing,
- in tended,
- ex pressed,
- dis closed,
- be-speaks,
- de clare,
- in-tended,
- ex pressing,
- in-sinuates.
• illustrate (verb)
- ex posed,
- ex plaining,
- ostends,
- ex-plained,
- ex-plaining,
- shows tell,
- drew a picture,
- limelighted,
- limelighting,
- draws picture,
- ex plains,
- makes plain,
- showed tell,
- ex plain,
- ostending,
- gotten over,
- ex-posed,
- drawing picture,
- showing and tell,
- ex-plain,
- ex-plains,
- made plain,
- draw picture,
- ex-pose,
- shows and tell,
- ex-posing,
- showed and tell,
- drew picture,
- ex pose,
- showing tell,
- making plain,
- bringing home,
- points up,
- ex plained,
- ostended,
- pointed up,
- drawing a picture,
- draws a picture,
- show tell,
- brought home.
• imagine (verb)
- in-vents,
- in vents,
- see one mind,
- build castles air,
- de-vised,
- de vised,
- de vise,
- saw in one mind,
- saw ones mind,
- builded castles air,
- builds castles in air,
- saw in one’s mind,
- see in ones mind,
- building castles in air,
- saw one mind,
- in venting,
- seeing in mind,
- in-vented,
- sees in mind,
- builded castles in air,
- seeing in one’s mind,
- see in mind,
- sees in ones mind,
- sees one mind,
- saw in mind,
- seeing one’s mind,
- thinks up,
- see in one mind,
- see one’s mind,
- thinking up,
- saw one’s mind,
- built castles air,
- in vent,
- de-vise,
- builds castles air,
- thinks of,
- in-venting,
- see ones mind,
- saw in ones mind,
- seeing ones mind,
- sees in one mind,
- sees one’s mind,
- sees mind,
- sees ones mind,
- in vented,
- built castles in air,
- seeing one mind,
- seeing in one mind,
- seeing in ones mind,
- in-vent,
- sees in one’s mind,
- de vising,
- seeing mind,
- building castles air,
- see mind,
- de-vising,
- saw mind.
• interpret (verb)
- de-coded,
- de ciphering,
- throws light on,
- trans-lated,
- de cipher,
- de-code,
- re enacted,
- under standing,
- under-stood,
- de coded,
- de ciphered,
- under-stands,
- threw light on,
- throwing light on,
- under-standing,
- makes of,
- de coding,
- re enacts,
- re-enacting,
- de-coding,
- de-ciphered,
- re enacting,
- de-codes,
- de-ciphering,
- de codes,
- de code,
- re enact,
- reenacts,
- de-cipher,
- de-ciphers,
- re-enacted,
- de ciphers,
- trans late,
- under stands,
- under stand,
- under stood.
• mirror (verb)
- acts like,
- acted like,
- made like,
- acting like.
• narrate (verb)
- gives an account of,
- gave an account of,
- de scant,
- un folding,
- telling a story,
- holds forth,
- un-folded,
- de-scanting,
- telling story,
- de-scant,
- giving an account of,
- de scanted,
- gave account of,
- de-scants,
- giving account of,
- un-fold,
- told a story,
- gives account of,
- de scanting,
- tells story,
- un folds,
- un folded,
- de-scanted,
- de scants,
- un-folds,
- told story,
- tells a story,
- un fold,
- give account of,
- un-folding.
• paint (verb)
- co loring,
- catches likeness,
- catching likeness,
- put coats,
- glossing over,
- caught likeness,
- co-loring,
- Frescoing,
- puts coats,
- slapping on,
- catching a likeness,
- catch likeness,
- glosses over,
- caught a likeness,
- putting coats,
- puts on coats,
- putting on coats,
- catches a likeness.
• portray (verb)
- photo-graphing,
- photo graphed,
- photo-graphed,
- photo graphing.
• recount (verb)
- re counted,
- breaking a story,
- re-counted,
- broke story,
- runs by again,
- re caps,
- un loads,
- re capped,
- re-hashes,
- brake a story,
- running by again,
- re-hash,
- breaks a story,
- break story,
- plays back,
- re hashed,
- ran by again,
- re-caps,
- re-counts,
- played back,
- breaking story,
- re-counting,
- re hash,
- broke a story,
- re hashing,
- un load,
- breaks story,
- brake story,
- re-capping,
- re capping,
- un-loads,
- re counting,
- says again,
- playing back,
- un loaded,
- un-load,
- said again,
- re-hashing,
- saying again,
- re hashes,
- re-capped,
- re cap,
- re counts,
- un loading.
• rehearse (verb)
- learned one’s part,
- didst over,
- holding a reading,
- took from top,
- re viewing,
- learned part,
- re hearse,
- re iterate,
- learns one’s part,
- re views,
- learned ones part,
- re adies,
- learnt ones part,
- doeth over,
- learnt one’s part,
- holding reading,
- re-adies,
- learn one part,
- takes from the top,
- re hearses,
- did over,
- holds a reading,
- walked through,
- doing over,
- learn ones part,
- running lines,
- re-viewed,
- took from the top,
- walks through,
- doth over,
- learnt one part,
- re-iterated,
- dried run,
- learning part,
- re-hearses,
- held a reading,
- taking from top,
- learning one’s part,
- held reading,
- learning ones part,
- re viewed,
- take from top,
- learns one part,
- taking from the top,
- drying run,
- re iterates,
- re-iterate,
- hold reading,
- learnt part,
- learns ones part,
- re-views,
- takes from top,
- re iterating,
- re iterated,
- holds reading,
- doest over,
- does over,
- re view,
- walking through,
- dost over,
- re-view,
- re-hearse,
- learned one part,
- ran lines,
- dries run,
- learning one part,
- learn part,
- learns part,
- runs lines.
• relate (verb)
- gotten chest,
- letting ones hair down,
- gotten off one chest,
- lays it line,
- get one chest,
- let ones hair down,
- gets off chest,
- getting one chest,
- letted one’s hair down,
- lay on line,
- spill beans,
- gotten one’s chest,
- re-told,
- gets chest,
- letting one’s hair down,
- got one chest,
- get ones chest,
- gotten off one’s chest,
- laid the line,
- gets one’s chest,
- lay it line,
- gets one chest,
- lay it on line,
- let one hair down,
- spun a yarn,
- cluing one in,
- getting one’s chest,
- re-telling,
- got chest,
- lays it the line,
- gat off one chest,
- giving word,
- laying it on line,
- spin yarn,
- spinning yarn,
- span a yarn,
- clues one in,
- giving the word,
- spins a yarn,
- getting ones chest,
- spins yarn,
- lets one hair down,
- get off one chest,
- re-tell,
- letted hair down,
- lay line,
- gat one’s chest,
- lets one’s hair down,
- gets off one chest,
- laying on the line,
- re lated,
- gave the word,
- span yarn,
- letted one hair down,
- get off ones chest,
- lets ones hair down,
- re-tells,
- laid it on the line,
- re-late,
- gives the word,
- got ones chest,
- lets hair down,
- gotten off chest,
- got one’s chest,
- gat one chest,
- gotten ones chest,
- letting hair down,
- spinning a yarn,
- getting chest,
- re-lated,
- gat off chest,
- gets off ones chest,
- re telling,
- re told,
- laid it line,
- lays on line,
- re tell,
- laid it the line,
- got off one chest,
- getting off one chest,
- laying the line,
- lays on the line,
- pre-sent,
- laid line,
- got off chest,
- pre sent,
- lay it the line,
- gets ones chest,
- laying it the line,
- gets off one’s chest,
- pre-sents,
- getting off chest,
- lays it on line,
- lay the line,
- gat off one’s chest,
- gives word,
- gat chest,
- got off one’s chest,
- gat off ones chest,
- laying it line,
- shoot breeze,
- laid it on line,
- gotten one chest,
- gotten off ones chest,
- re tells,
- lays it on the line,
- lays line,
- re late,
- getting off one’s chest,
- letting one hair down,
- get chest,
- letted ones hair down,
- lays the line,
- gave word,
- getting off ones chest,
- cluing in,
- clued one in,
- laying line,
- laying on line,
- get one’s chest,
- laid on line,
- got off ones chest,
- gat ones chest,
- clues in.
• replicate (verb)
- re-plicate,
- re plicating,
- re plicates,
- re-plicating,
- re-plicates,
- re plicated,
- re plicate,
- re-plicated.
• represent (verb)
- duplicate,
- imitate,
- approximate,
- cast,
- model,
- silhouette,
- simulate,
- ape,
- photograph.
• sketch (verb)
- skeletoned,
- skeletoning,
- Skeletonizing,
- Skeletonized,
- skeletonizes.
• trace (verb)
- re cords,
- re cording,
- re corded,
- re-cording,
- re-corded,
- re cord,
- re-cords,
- re-cord.
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Other synonyms:
• draw
- Pencilling,
- penciled,
- Caricatured,
- Profiled,
- Crayoning,
- Penciling,
- profiling,
- map out,
- writes,
- mapping out,
- pencilled,
- modelling,
- Crayoned,
- Caricaturing,
- graphing,
- pencils,
- graphed,
- pencil.
• duplicate
- copy.
• enact
- playact,
- appear as,
- played the part of,
- enact,
- go on,
- play the part of,
- Enacting,
- Personated,
- personates,
- Personating,
- personate.
• imagine
- Visioned,
- thought of,
- see in one’s mind,
- think of,
- think up,
- build castles in air,
- Visioning,
- fantasizing,
- thinking of,
- fantasying,
- Fantasied.
• interpret
- reenacting,
- reenacted,
- commentating,
- throw light on,
- commentated,
- make of,
- made of,
- making of,
- reenact,
- commentates,
- re-enact,
- commentate,
- re-enacts.
• Other relevant words:
- Allegorizing,
- make plain,
- recount,
- fly speck,
- imaging,
- Circumstantiated,
- Manifolding,
- making clear,
- vivify,
- made clear,
- act like,
- holding forth,
- slathered,
- Mapped,
- covering up,
- mapping,
- recapped,
- covered up,
- write up,
- gloss over,
- Emblematized,
- graved,
- marking out,
- Emblematize,
- reduplicate,
- draw,
- break a story,
- allegorize,
- painting,
- paint,
- STAT,
- Replicated,
- recapitulate,
- Chalking,
- portraying,
- held forth,
- imprint,
- make clear,
- Furrowing,
- give an account of,
- make like,
- expound,
- verbalize,
- Skeletonize,
- draw a picture,
- photo copy,
- narrate,
- render,
- Worded,
- making known,
- slathering,
- mirror,
- sketch out,
- cover up,
- diagraming,
- quotes,
- importing,
- Typified,
- photostatting,
- made known,
- reduplicates,
- spelled out,
- glassed,
- slathers,
- relate,
- eat into,
- run by again,
- interpret,
- Told,
- set forth,
- Emblematizing,
- cartooned,
- Allegorized,
- spell out,
- fresco,
- Frescos,
- Labelling,
- highlighted,
- Graving,
- slapped on,
- express,
- Say again,
- exemplifies,
- Mirroring,
- covers up,
- make vivid,
- bring home,
- dittoed,
- rehearse,
- replicate,
- hold forth,
- slather,
- ate into,
- CHALKS,
- labeled,
- highlighting,
- circumstantiate,
- slap on,
- describe,
- Imaged,
- blueprinted,
- reduplicated,
- pointing up,
- put across,
- tell a story,
- diagramed,
- setting forth,
- Ostend,
- make sense of,
- RE-CAP,
- diagrammed,
- catch a likeness,
- furrowed,
- imagine,
- mimeo,
- make apparent,
- pop off,
- glossed over,
- blueprinting,
- chalk,
- brings home,
- illustrate,
- sketch,
- recapping,
- cartooning,
- plagiarize,
- reduplicating,
- play back,
- get down to brass tacks,
- sweat details,
- convey image,
- Bodying,
- Glassing,
- Manifolded,
- tell story,
- photostatted,
- tell,
- Chalked,
- STATS,
- manifolds,
- labelled,
- highlights,
- delineate,
- inscribe,
- popped off,
- quote chapter and verse,
- make known,
- Photostats,
- trace,
- blazon,
- Frescoed,
- etch,
- bodied,
- put on coats,
- put into words,
- enumerate,
- allegorizes,
- transcribed,
- exemplify,
- portray,
- diagramming,
- point up,
- detail,
- Imitating,
- mark out,
- reflects.
• rehearse
- do over,
- learn one’s part,
- try out,
- walk through,
- take from the top,
- run lines,
- warm up,
- warmed up,
- hold a reading,
- warms up,
- warming up,
- iterate.
• relate
- spin a yarn,
- clue in,
- get off chest,
- spun yarn,
- lay it on the line,
- clued in,
- give the word,
- retells,
- clue one in,
- laid on the line,
- get off one’s chest,
- lay on the line,
- retelling,
- let one’s hair down,
- retell,
- give word,
- let hair down,
- Retold,
- laying it on the line.
How to use «Depict» in context?
The word «depict» may be defined as to show or portray in a pictorial form. In other words, it is to create a visual representation of the subject matter being discussed. By definition, it is important to be accurate when describing the use of this word, as it can carry a lot of weight in a court of law.
When it comes to depicting a crime scene, police officers are often called upon to provide a detailed and accurate depiction of what transpired. This is important in order to protect the rights of the victim and potential witnesses.
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Verb, base form
portray.
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Verb, base form
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Independent
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
constitute, demonstrate, exemplify, illustrate, indicate, paint, pose, present, reflect, represent, reveal, show, symbolize.
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Verb, base form
articulate, capture, characterize, constitute, demonstrate, exemplify, highlight, illuminate, illustrate, indicate, introduce, outline, paint, photograph, pose, present, reflect, represent, show, write.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
describe.
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Verb, base form
describe, Describing.
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Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Homophones for Depict:
- deep-seated, diffused, debauched, dibasic acid, deposit, defaced, defect, diapsida, deficit, deep-chested, devastate, divest, divagate, deep south, de facto, data-based, debased, deep pocket, dovecote, deep-set, dopastat, diapsid, dope sheet, depicted.
Hyponym for Depict:
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creation
represent, interpret.
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creation
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depict
verb
Definition of depict
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as in to describe
to give a representation or account of in words
this letter from an eyewitness depicts the battle in greater detail than any other account
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describe
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portray
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render
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illustrate
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paint
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characterize
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set out
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delineate
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represent
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define
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sketch
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picture
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image
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draw
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recount
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limn
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relate
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summarize
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outline
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tell
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demonstrate
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show
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suggest
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display
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narrate
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exhibit
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report
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qualify
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recite
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label
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trace
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hint
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rehearse
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sum up
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silhouette
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draft
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vignette
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redescribe
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touch off
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reimage
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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distort
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misrepresent
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color
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falsify
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twist
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misstate
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pervert
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warp
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misdescribe
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garble
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distort
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misrepresent
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color
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falsify
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twist
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misstate
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pervert
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warp
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misdescribe
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garble
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as in to characterize
to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group
the report depicted him as a reliable assistant and an employee who could be entrusted with any task
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describe
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characterize
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portray
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represent
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define
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character
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identify
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indicate
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classify
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categorize
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specify
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type
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pigeonhole
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distinguish
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mark
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individualize
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stamp
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color
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name
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particularize
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as in to portray
to present a picture of
the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day
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portray
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represent
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describe
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picture
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image
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show
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illustrate
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render
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document
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delineate
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outline
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sketch
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silhouette
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caricature
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diagram
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