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{
"term": "depict",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "depict",
"heSheIt": "depicts"
},
"pastSimple": "depicted",
"pastParticiple": "depicted",
"ingForm": "depicting"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to show an image of somebody/something in a picture",
"sensetop": "depict somebody/something (as somebody/something)depict somebody/something doing something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a painting depicting the Virgin and Child",
"contextForm": "depict somebody/something (as somebody/something)"
},
{
"text": "The artist had depicted her lying on a bed.",
"contextForm": "depict somebody/something doing something"
},
{
"text": "The carving clearly depicts a dragon inside a circle."
},
{
"text": "paintings depicting scenes from mythology"
},
{
"text": "The panels depict scenes from the life of St Ursula."
}
],
"topics": ["Art"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["graphically", "vividly", "accurately"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to describe something in words, or give an impression of something in words or with a picture",
"sensetop": "depict somebody/somethingdepict somebody/something as somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The novel depicts French society in the 1930s.",
"contextForm": "depict somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The advertisements depicted the city as glamorous and exciting.",
"contextForm": "depict somebody/something as somebody/something"
}
],
"topics": ["Literature and writing"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["graphically", "vividly", "accurately"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪkt/",
"audio": "de/depict/depict__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪkts/",
"audio": "de/depict/depicts__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪktɪd/",
"audio": "de/depict/depicted__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪktɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/depict/depicting__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪkt/",
"audio": "de/depict/depict__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪkts/",
"audio": "de/depict/depicts__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪktɪd/",
"audio": "de/depict/depicted__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪktɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/depict/depicting__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin depict- ‘portrayed’, from the verb depingere, from de- ‘completely’ + pingere ‘to paint’."
}