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. — pinaxe
deDas mit Worten zu beschreiben ist unmöglich. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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
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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