PORTRAIT


Meaning of PORTRAIT in English

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.

N-COUNT

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.

N-COUNT : usu N of n

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