depict
To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other meansTo render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
» It is impossible to depict that by means of words.
Das mit Worten zu beschreiben ist unmöglich.
Змалювати словами це неможливо.
Meaning
1 sensesTo render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
1994, E. Pennisi, "Breathe (xenon) deeply to see lungs clearly," Science News, vol. 146, no. 5, p. 70 (caption), False-color computer images depict lungs removed from a mouse.
darstellen, beschreiben, abbilden
изобража́тьizobražátʹ, изобрази́тьizobrazítʹ, обрисо́выватьobrisóvyvatʹ
- give a description of
- show in, or as in, a picture
- make a portrait of
Examples
69 sentencesIt is impossible to depict that by means of words.
Змалювати словами це неможливо.
deDas mit Worten zu beschreiben ist unmöglich.
Reality isn't as you depict it.
Tom was depicted as a violent person.
Miroslav saw a picture depicting a beast.
The coin's face depicts a javelin thrower.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English depicten, from Latin dēpictus, from dēpingō.From Middle English depicten, from Latin dēpictus, from dēpingō.
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Forms
depicts, depicting, depicted, depictedSynonyms
13 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle