Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - portray
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Portray
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~ v 1 to describe or represent something or someone (His most famous painting portrayed the death of Nelson. | Levi portrays the sheer horror of the concentration camps very powerfully.) 2 portray sb/sth as sth to describe or show someone or something in a particular way, according to your opinion of them (women portrayed as sex objects in Hollywood movies | Joan Crawford's daughter portrayed her as a maniac.) 3 to act the part of a character in a play (She portrayed a doomed woman in the TV film `Right to Die'.)
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(portrays, portraying, portrayed) 1. When an actor or actress portrays someone, he or she plays that person in a play or film. In 1975 he portrayed the king in a Los Angeles revival of ‘Camelot’. ...the busty and rumbustious Mrs Hall, excellently portrayed by Toni Palmer. VERB: V n, V-ed 2. When a writer or artist portrays something, he or she writes a description or produces a painting of it. ...this northern novelist, who accurately portrays provincial domestic life. ...the landscape as portrayed by painters such as Claude and Poussin. = depict VERB: V n, V-ed 3. If a film, book, or television programme portrays someone in a certain way, it represents them in that way. She says the programme portrayed her as a ‘lady of easy virtue’. ...complaints about the way women are portrayed in adverts. VERB: V n as n, be V-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb Etymology: Middle English portraien, from Anglo-French purtraire, from Latin protrahere to draw forth, reveal, expose — more at protract Date: 14th century 1. to make a picture of ; depict 2. a. to describe in words b. to play the role of ; enact • ~er noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 make a likeness of. 2 describe graphically. Derivatives portrayable adj. portrayal n. portrayer n. Etymology: ME f. OF portraire f. por- = PRO-(1) + traire draw f. L trahere ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. редк. писание или рисование портретов 2. редк. портрет 3. писать, рисовать или создавать портрет 4. описывать, изображать man difficult to portray —- человек, которого трудно охарактеризовать 5. играть, изображать, представлять (кого-л.) на сцене или в кино ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) рисовать портрет 2) изображать; описывать; to portray with a few strokes - обрисовать несколькими штрихами; The old queen was portrayed as a selfish bitter woman. 3) играть, изображать, представлять (кого-л.) на сцене или в кино; It is still not considered proper to portray Christ in a play or film. Syn: delineate, depict, describe, represent, sketch ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1250, from Anglo-Fr. purtraire, O.Fr. portraire "to draw, to paint, portray," lit. "trace, draw forth," from por- "forth" (from L. pro-) + traire "trace, draw," from L. trahere "to drag, draw." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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