HOW TO PRONOUNCE
portray
/poɹˈtɹeɪ̯/
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What does portray mean?
verb
- To paint or draw the likeness of.
- (figuratively) To represent by an image or look.
- (figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
More meanings (2)
verb
- To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
- (obsolete) To adorn.
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IPA pronunciation
/poɹˈtɹeɪ̯/
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While I feebly portray the ignorance of these learned men, I have great admiration for their physical manhood.
But what human language can adequately portray that astonishment, that horror which possessed me at the spectacle then presented to view?
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To portray these would be the work of a poet, and it is hazardous for any but a poet to attempt it.
It became still more interesting when, after the angularities of a combination of straight lines, I learnt to portray the graces of a curve.
A "useful article" is an article having an intrinsic utilitarian function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information.