transcription, транскрипция: [ pɔ:(r)treɪt ]
( portraits)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A portrait is a painting, drawing, or photograph of a particular person.
Lucian Freud has been asked to paint a portrait of the Queen.
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2.
A portrait of a person, place, or thing is a verbal description of them.
...this gripping, funny portrait of Jewish life in 1950s London.
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