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portraits

portraits is the plural of portrait.

Meaning of portrait

Noun

portrait (countable and uncountable, plural portraits)

  1. (countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
    • In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature.a. 1792, Joshua Reynolds, Discourses on Painting and the Fine Arts
  2. (countable, figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.
    • The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book.
  3. A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.

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Phrases with portraits

Questions about portraits

What is portraits the plural of?
Portraits is the plural of portrait.

Words near portraits in the dictionary

  1. portraitist
  2. portraitists
  3. portraitlike
  4. portraitor
  5. portraitors
  6. portraits
  7. portraiture
  8. portraitures
  9. portray
  10. portrayability
  11. portrayable

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