PORTRAYAL


Meaning of PORTRAYAL in English

(~s)

1.

An actor’s ~ of a character in a play or film is the way that he or she plays the character.

Mr Ying is well-known for his ~ of a prison guard in the film ‘The Last Emperor’.

N-COUNT: usu sing, usu poss N of n

2.

An artist’s ~ of something is a drawing, painting, or photograph of it.

...a moving ~ of St John the Evangelist by Simone Martini.

N-COUNT: usu N of n

3.

The ~ of something in a book or film is the act of describing it or showing it.

This is a sensitive and often funny ~ of a friendship between two 11-year-old boys.

N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n

4.

The ~ of something in a book, film, or programme is the way that it is made to appear.

The media persists in its ~ of us as muggers, dope sellers and gangsters...

N-COUNT: usu N of n

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