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Portrait

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Noun

1. portrait, portraiture, portrayal

a word picture of a person's appearance and character

2. portrait, portrayal

any likeness of a person, in any medium

Example Sentences:
'the photographer made excellent portraits'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Portrait

see synonyms of portrait
noun
1. 
a. 
a painting, drawing, sculpture, photograph, or other likeness of an individual, esp of the face
b. 
(as modifier)
a portrait gallery
2. 
a verbal description or picture, esp of a person's character
adjective
3. printing
(of a publication or an illustration in a publication) of greater height than width
Compare landscape (sense 5a)

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Portrait

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noun
1.  Obsolete
a drawn, painted, or carved picture of something
2. 
a representation of a person, esp. of the face, drawn, painted, photographed, or sculptured
3. 
a description or dramatic portrayal of a person

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Portrait

see synonyms of portrait
n.
1. A likeness of a person, especially one showing the face, that is created by a painter or photographer, for example.
2. A verbal representation or description, especially of a person.
3. A dramatic representation of a character: the actor's portrait of the famous general.
4. The orientation of a page such that the longer side runs from top to bottom.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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