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portrait

/ˈpɔɹtɹət/

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What does portrait mean?

noun

  1. A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
  2. (figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
  3. A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.
More meanings (2)

adjective

  1. Representing the actual features of an individual; not ideal.

verb

  1. (obsolete) To portray; to draw.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈpɔɹtɹət/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈpɔɹtɹeɪt/
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Why, to see whether the portrait of their ancestor still keeps its place upon the wall, in compliance with his testamentary directions!
Nathaniel HawthorneThe House of the Seven GablesProject Gutenberg ebook #77
In the act he caught sight of one of the d’Urberville dames, whose portrait was immediately over the entrance to Tess’s bedchamber.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
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But he stood with his hat and gloves in the other hand, and might have done for the portrait of a Royalist.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
The friend who had painted the fatal portrait to which all his misery had been due had gone out of his life.
Oscar WildeThe Picture of Dorian GrayProject Gutenberg ebook #174
Mr. Strickland has drawn the portrait of an excellent husband and father, a man of kindly temper, industrious habits, and moral disposition.
W. Somerset (William Somerset) MaughamThe Moon and SixpenceProject Gutenberg ebook #222