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📖 Определения и значения для слова portray

📒 to show somebody/something in a picture; to describe somebody/something in a piece of writing

  • The painting portrays the duke’s third wife.
  • He was one of the first to portray animals from the New World.
  • His war poetry vividly portrays life in the trenches.

📒 to describe or show somebody/something in a particular way, especially when this does not give a complete or accurate impression of what they are like

  • Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim.

📒 to act a particular role in a film or play

  • Her father will be portrayed by Jim Broadbent.
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