depict
//dɪˈpɪkt//
formalForms
- present (v1)
- depict
- past (v2)
- depicted
- past participle (v3)
- depicted
- present participle
- depicting
- 3rd person singular
- depicts
Definitions
1.To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
- Here the music depicts the delicate pattern of ice on windows.
- The well-known words depict a woman seeking sanctuary in a love relationship form a brutal, rapacious man.
- At first, I believe, I answered her very incoherently, for I observed alarm beginning to depict itself upon her countenance.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3718
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English depicten
From Latin dēpictus
From dēpingō.