Portray Meaning

/pɔːˈtɹeɪ̯/
C1

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verbTo paint or draw the likeness of.

verbTo represent by an image or look.

In this film they both portray notorious gang leaders.
I still can't work out what the artist intended to portray.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The film aims to ____ the daily struggles of farmers in a realistic way.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The film attempted to ____ the life of the scientist with accuracy and emotional depth.

From Middle English portray, from Middle French portraire.

"Upon his browes was pourtraid vgly death, And in his eies the furies of his heart, That ſhine as Comets, menacing reueng, And caſts a pale complexion on his cheeks." — c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
The film aims to ____ the daily struggles of farmers in a realistic way.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The film attempted to ____ the life of the scientist with accuracy and emotional depth.

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