Depict Meaning
/dɪˈpɪkt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
adjDepicted.
Sentence Examples
I'm not a poet; I couldn't write a single line to depict its beauty.
Meanwhile, we depict aliens doing really weird stuff.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ancient mural aims to ____ a scene of royal celebration.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I'm not a poet I couldn't write a single line to ____ its beauty.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English depicten, from Latin dēpictus, from dēpingō.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"And by [these Embassadours] he sent to their master a Tent, wherein the history of the Bible was as richly as curiously depicted in needle-work;"
— 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Book 4, Chapter 12, p. 189:
"The Spring, when all its beauties rise,
I see depicted in your eyes"
— 1770, Thomas Chatterton, The Auction, a Poem: A Familiar Epistle to a Friend, London: George Kearsly:
"At first, I believe, I answered her very incoherently, for I observed alarm beginning to depict itself upon her countenance."
— 1851, George Borrow, chapter XXIV, in Lavengro; the Scholar—the Gypsy—the Priest. […], volume II, London: John Murray […], →OCLC, page 212:
"The well-known words depict a woman seeking sanctuary in a love relationship form a brutal, rapacious man."
— 1984, Lawrence Starr, “Toward a Reevaluation of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess”, in American Music, volume 2, number 2, page 27:
"Here the music depicts the delicate pattern of ice on windows."
— 1987, Niall O'Loughlin, “Music Reviews: 20th-century guitar”, in The Musical Times, volume 128, number 1734, page 443:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ancient mural aims to ____ a scene of royal celebration.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I'm not a poet I couldn't write a single line to ____ its beauty.