ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsPportray
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portray
Meaning: to describe, show, or represent someone or something
portray in a sentence
How portray is used in real sentences:
The article portrays the inventor as patient and persistent.
The historian tries to portray the debate from both sides.
“One drawing tried to portray the path of vibrations from Bell's mouth to Watson's ear.”
— from the passage Voices Through a Wire
Synonyms for portray
Other words for portray — depict, represent and describe — carry the same meaning.
- depict
- represent
- describe
Where it comes from
From Old French portraire 'to depict' (por- + traire 'to draw'), from Latin protrahere.
Memory hook
To portray is to paint a portrait in words or images.