depiction
A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visualA lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
» The depiction violated a company's registered trademark.
Die Darstellung verletzte das eingetragene Markenzeichen einer Firma.
Meaning
4 senses(countable)A lifelike image of something, either verbal or visual.
Darstellung, Abbildung
изображе́ниеizobražénije
(countable)A drawing or painting.
representation by drawing or painting etc
(countable)A representation.
Schilderung
a representation by picture or portraiture
(uncountable)The act of depicting.
Examples
10 sentencesThe depiction violated a company's registered trademark.
deDie Darstellung verletzte das eingetragene Markenzeichen einer Firma.
Ziri's story contains explicit depictions of violence against animals.
Dickens' thoughts come across along with the vivid depiction of old London.
The movie is a harrowing depiction of life in an urban slum.
ruФильм рисует душераздирающую картину жизни в городских трущобах.
I think I am the depiction of God under his human form.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From French dépiction, from Latin dēpictiō. By surface analysis, depict + -ion.From French dépiction, from Latin dēpictiō. By surface analysis, depict + -ion.
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Forms
plural: depictions| Singular | depiction |
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Synonyms
11 synonyms- representation by drawing or painting etc:delineationportrayal
- a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects:delineationlimningline drawing
- a representation by picture or portraiture:depictingportrayingportrayal
- a graphic or vivid verbal description:word pictureword-paintingdelineationpicturecharacterizationcharacterisation
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable