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depict

Syllables: de·pict/dɪˈpɪkt/

depict verb: to render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.

Verb

depict (third-person singular simple present depicts, present participle depicting, simple past and past participle depicted)

  1. To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
    • And by [these Embassadours] he sent to their master a Tent, wherein the history of the Bible was as richly as curiously depicted in needle-work;1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre, Cambridge, Book 4, Chapter 12, p. 189
    • The Spring, when all its beauties rise,
      I see depicted in your eyes1770, Thomas Chatterton, The Auction, a Poem: A Familiar Epistle to a Friend, London: George Kearsly

Adjective

depict (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Depicted.
    • Early 1400s, John Lydgate, “The Concords of Company” in James Orchard Halliwell (ed.), A Selection from the Minor Poems of Dan John Lydgate, London: The Percy Society, 1840, p. 177,
      I fond a lyknesse depict upon a wal,
      Armed in vertues, as I walk up and doun,
      The hed of thre ful solempne and...

depict meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

depict in Tamil

சொற்களால் விரித்துரை, சொற்களால் விளக்கிக் காட்டு, தீட்டிக் காட்டு, வரைந்து காட்டு, சித்தரி

depict in Urdu

شباہت دینا

depict in Bengali

চিত্রিত করা, বর্ণনা করা

depict in Malayalam

to render a representation of something — see also describe, represent, illustrate, characterize, portray
ചിത്രീകരിക്കുക citrīkarikkuka
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depict in Kannada
ಚಿತ್ರಿಸು, ವರ್ಣಿಸು, ನಿರೂಪಿಸು, ರೇಖಿಸು
depict in Sanskrit
वर्णयति varṇayati

Examples of depict in a sentence

  • At first, I believe, I answered her very incoherently, for I observed alarm beginning to depict itself upon her countenance.1851, George Borrow, chapter XXIV, in Lavengro; the Scholar—the Gypsy—the Priest. […], volume II, London: John Murray […], →OCLC, page 212:
  • The well-known words depict a woman seeking sanctuary in a love relationship form a brutal, rapacious man.1984, Lawrence Starr, “Toward a Reevaluation of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess”, in American Music, volume 2, number 2, page 27:
  • Here the music depicts the delicate pattern of ice on windows.1987, Niall O'Loughlin, “Music Reviews: 20th-century guitar”, in The Musical Times, volume 128, number 1734, page 443:

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Synonyms of depict

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Forms of depict

third-person singular presentdepicts
present participledepicting
past participledepicted
pastdepicted

Past tense of depict: depicted

Origin of depict

From Middle English depicten, from Latin dēpictus, from dēpingō.

Words formed from depict

Words that rhyme with depict

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Questions about depict

What does depict mean?
Depict means to render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
What is depict in Tamil?
Depict in Tamil is சொற்களால் விரித்துரை, சொற்களால் விளக்கிக் காட்டு, தீட்டிக் காட்டு. See Depict meaning in Tamil.
How do you use depict in a sentence?
At first, I believe, I answered her very incoherently, for I observed alarm beginning to depict itself upon her countenance.
What part of speech is depict?
Depict can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce depict?
Depict is pronounced /dɪˈpɪkt/.
What is the past tense of depict?
The past tense of depict is depicted.

Words near depict in the dictionary

  1. dephytinize
  2. dephytinized
  3. dephytylate
  4. dephytylated
  5. dephytylation
  6. depict
  7. depictability
  8. depictable
  9. depicted
  10. depictee
  11. depictees

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: depict (page history and authors); depict (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); depict (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Depict (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); depict (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); वर्णयति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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