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{
"term": "portray",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "portray",
"heSheIt": "portrays"
},
"pastSimple": "portrayed",
"pastParticiple": "portrayed",
"ingForm": "portraying"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to show somebody/something in a picture; to describe somebody/something in a piece of writing",
"sensetop": "portray somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The painting portrays the duke’s third wife."
},
{
"text": "He was one of the first to portray animals from the New World."
},
{
"text": "His war poetry vividly portrays life in the trenches."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["accurately", "clearly", "graphically"],
"verb + portray": ["attempt to", "try to"],
"preposition": ["as"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to describe or show somebody/something in a particular way, especially when this does not give a complete or accurate impression of what they are like",
"sensetop": "portray somebody/something (as somebody/something)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim."
}
],
"synonyms": "represent",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["accurately", "clearly", "graphically"],
"verb + portray": ["attempt to", "try to"],
"preposition": ["as"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to act a particular role in a film or play",
"sensetop": "portray somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her father will be portrayed by Jim Broadbent."
}
],
"synonyms": "play",
"topics": ["Film and theatre"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pɔːˈtreɪ/",
"audio": "po/portray/portray__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pɔːˈtreɪz/",
"audio": "po/portray/portrays__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pɔːˈtreɪd/",
"audio": "po/portray/portrayed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pɔːˈtreɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "po/portray/portraying__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/pɔːrˈtreɪ/",
"audio": "po/portray/portray__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pɔːrˈtreɪz/",
"audio": "po/portray/portrays__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pɔːrˈtreɪd/",
"audio": "po/portray/portrayed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/pɔːrˈtreɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "po/portray/portraying__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French portraire, based on traire ‘to draw’, from an alteration of Latin trahere."
}