depict
part of speech
verb (depict, depicts, depicted, depicting)
meaning for a pupil
1) To depict something means to show it in a picture, painting, statue or film. tree →
2) To depict means to describe something in words so readers can imagine it. tree →
sense in the lessons
In art and history lessons pupils study what old paintings, carvings and maps depict. In English lessons we ask how a writer depicts a character. A bit formal; in everyday talk people say "show" or "describe". Phrases: depict as, depicted in, the scene depicts.
examples
- The painting depicts a ship in a storm. tree →
- Cave paintings depict horses and bison. tree →
- The film depicts life in a small village. tree →
- In the story the wolf is depicted as clever and sly. tree →
- Draw a picture that depicts your favourite place. tree →
- The stamp depicts the queen. tree →
- She is sometimes depicted sitting in a chariot, drawn by lions. tree →
note
Regular verb: depicted, depicting. Noun: depiction. "Depict as" means show in a certain way. Do not mix it up with "describe" exactly: depict is often about pictures, but can be about words too.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «depict» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.