From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdepictde‧pict /dɪˈpɪkt/ ●○○ verb [transitive] formal DESCRIBEto describe something or someone in writing or speech, or to show them in a painting, picture etc a book depicting life in pre-revolutionary Russiadepict somebody/something as something The god is depicted as a bird with a human head.► see thesaurus at describe —depiction /dɪˈpɪkʃən/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
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depict• The California state flag depicts a grizzly bear.• In this new biography she is depicted as a lonely and unhappy woman.• The transcripts depict Davis weeping with remorse at several points during the confession.• The one clue comes from frescoes and vases that depict griffins protecting a seated Goddess.• The reaction to numerous business pressures are depicted in Fig. 1. 6.• Critics said the article depicted Latinos negatively.• His stories depict life in Trinidad as seen through the eyes of a young boy.• Red cartoon depicting monkeys skating about a typical street with masses of detail.• It comes bundled with Windows 3.1, and a proprietary front-end, which uses graphics to depict the various functions provided.• And rather than depicting various hues of political opinion, the new murals make an environmental statement.depict somebody/something as something• We know that New York is sometimes depicted as a cold and heartless city.Origin depict (1400-1500) Latin depictus, past participle of depingere, from pingere “to paint” 