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Portrait Noun ˈpɔːtreɪt ˈpɔːtrət Wife Full Length Painted Uniform

Word3 portrait
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈpɔːtreɪt/ /ˈpɔːtrət/
Example
  • a portrait of his wife
  • a full-length portrait
  • he had his portrait painted in uniform.
  • a portrait painter
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portrait

(noun)/ˈpɔːtreɪt/ /ˈpɔːtrət/
  1. a painting, drawing or photograph of a person, especially of the head and shoulders
    • SEE ALSO self-portrait
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/self-portrait
    • a portrait of his wife
    • a full-length portrait
    • He had his portrait painted in uniform.
    • a portrait painter

    Extra Examples

    • a portrait of the Queen by Annigoni
    • Vermeer's ‘Portrait of the artist in his studio’
  2. a detailed description of somebody/something
    • SYNONYM depiction
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/depiction
    • a portrait of life at the French court
    • The film paints a portrait of a man consumed with jealousy.

    Extra Examples

    • The book drew a stark portrait of Quebec's urban poor.
    • The novel provides a vivid portrait of the Holberg family.
    • Her first film was a stunning portrait of life in the sugar plantations of her native Martinique.
  3. the way of printing a document in which the top of the page is one of the shorter sides
    • COMPARE landscape (4)
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/landscape_1#landscape_sng_3
    • You can print landscape and portrait pages in the same document.

    Word Origin

    • mid 16th cent.: from French, past participle (used as a noun) of Old French portraire ‘portray’.
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