Definitions for PORTRAY
pɔrˈtreɪ, poʊr-por·tray

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.3 / 6 votes

1. portrayverb

   portray in words

   "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"

2. portray, depict, limnverb

   make a portrait of

   "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba"

3. impersonate, portrayverb

   assume or act the character of

   "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man"

4. portray, presentverb

   represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture

   "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting"

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. portrayverb

   To describe in words; to convey.

2. portrayverb

   To adorn with pictures.

3. Etymology: portraire.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To PORTRAYverb

   Etymology: pourtraire, Fr.

   1. To paint; to describe by picture.

   The Earl of Warwick’s ragged staff is yet to be seen portrayed in many places of their church steeple. Carew.

   Take a tile, and so portray upon it the city Jerusalem. Ez.

   Our Phenix queen was portrayed too bright,
   Beauty alone could beauty take so right. Dryden.

   2. To adorn with pictures.

   Shields
   Various, with boastful argument portray’d. John Milton.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. portray

   To portray is to depict or represent someone or something through a particular lens or perspective, often in a creative work such as a painting, film, book, or play. It can also refer to conveying certain characteristics or behaviors through one's actions.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Portrayverb

   to paint or draw the likeness of; as, to portray a king on horseback

2. Portrayverb

   hence, figuratively, to describe in words

3. Portrayverb

   to adorn with pictures

4. Etymology: [OE. pourtraien, OF. portraire, pourtraire, F. portraire, fr. L. protrahere, protractum, to draw or drag forth; pro forward, forth + trahere to draw. See Trace, v. t., and cf. Protract.]

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Art
   • Performing Arts
   • Represent

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Anagrams for PORTRAY »

1. parroty

2. tropary

How to pronounce PORTRAY?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say PORTRAY in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of PORTRAY in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of PORTRAY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of PORTRAY in a Sentence

1. Mark Robinson:

   That cartoon doesn't really bother me. What bothers me is the hypocrisy behind it. That you would portray a Black man, just because he's in the GOP, as a Klansman.

2. Fox News:

   The women that we portray in this exhibit, a lot of them had a kind of underground impact, they weren’t on the level [of] Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Kid Ory or King Oliver. They did influence a lot of people here and those people [left] to do jazz in other places [and] put their influence out there.

3. Aaron Taylor-Johnson:

   It's super surreal and very overwhelming and kind of daunting stepping onto that set but luckily we'd just done a movie together and I think it helped a lot to have a partner in crime, besides the personalities being daunting because they're all such amazing actors, it's also daunting to step on and learn about how Aaron Taylor-Johnson're going to portray these characters when it's all second nature to them now.

4. Raymond Thornton:

   Our findings portray a gap between current practice and what patients say they want.

5. Derek Holt at Scotiabank:

   There are dim hopes amidst an active rumor mill that on balance continues to portray both Greek PM Alexis Tsipras and his main banker German Chancellor Angela Merkel as uncompromising.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=PORTRAY
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/PORTRAY
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=PORTRAY
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PORTRAY
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=PORTRAY