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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

portray

/poɹˈtɹeɪ̯/

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What does portray mean?

verb

  1. To paint or draw the likeness of.
  2. (figuratively) To represent by an image or look.
  3. (figuratively) To describe in words; to convey.
More meanings (2)

verb

  1. To play a role; to depict a character, person, situation, or event.
  2. (obsolete) To adorn.

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IPA pronunciation

/poɹˈtɹeɪ̯/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/pɔɹˈtɹeɪ̯//pɚˈtɹeɪ̯/
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While I feebly portray the ignorance of these learned men, I have great admiration for their physical manhood.
Joshua SlocumSailing Alone Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #6317
But what human language can adequately portray that astonishment, that horror which possessed me at the spectacle then presented to view?
Edgar Allan PoeThe Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2Project Gutenberg ebook #2148
More book examples (3)
To portray these would be the work of a poet, and it is hazardous for any but a poet to attempt it.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
It became still more interesting when, after the angularities of a combination of straight lines, I learnt to portray the graces of a curve.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters of AutobiographyTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3422
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.
Library of Congress. Copyright Office; United StatesCopyright Law of the United States of America Contained in Title 17 of the United States CodeProject Gutenberg ebook #252