PORTRAIT


Meaning of PORTRAIT in English

I.

noun

1 a painting or photograph

ADJECTIVE

▪ full-length , half-length

▪ oil , pastel , etc.

▪ photographic

▪ equestrian , family , group , royal

VERB + PORTRAIT

▪ do , draw , paint

▪ sit for

▪ commission

▪ write

▪ display , exhibit , show

PORTRAIT + VERB

▪ hang

Ancient family ~s hung on the walls of the staircase.

PORTRAIT + NOUN

▪ gallery

▪ artist , painter , photographer

a fashionable ~ painter

▪ bust

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ by , ~ of

a ~ of the writer by Picasso

2 detailed description

ADJECTIVE

▪ intimate

▪ vivid

The novel provides a vivid ~ of the Holberg family.

▪ pen ( esp. BrE )

The letters contained many deft pen ~s of his colleagues.

VERB + PORTRAIT

▪ create , draw

The book drew a stark ~ of Quebec's urban poor.

▪ offer , present

II.

adj.

Portrait is used with these nouns: ↑ gallery , ↑ painter , ↑ painting , ↑ photograph , ↑ photographer , ↑ photography , ↑ studio

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