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. — Yorwba
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. — shanghainese
I think I am the depiction of God under his human form.
Translations
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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