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portrait

[ pawr-trit, -treyt, pohr- ]

noun

  1. a likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph:

    a gallery of family portraits.

  2. a verbal picture or description, usually of a person:

    a biography that provides a fascinating portrait of an 18th-century rogue.



adjective

  1. Digital Technology. relating to or producing vertical, upright orientation of computer or other digital output, with lines of data parallel to the two shorter sides of a page or screen. Compare landscape. Compare landscape ( def 8 ).

portrait

/ -treɪt; ˈpÉ”Ëtrɪt /

noun

    1. a painting, drawing, sculpture, photograph, or other likeness of an individual, esp of the face
    2. ( as modifier )

      a portrait gallery

  1. a verbal description or picture, esp of a person's character
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. printing (of a publication or an illustration in a publication) of greater height than width Compare landscape
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of portrait1

1560–70; < Middle French: a drawing, image, etc., noun use of past participle of portraire to portray
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On the other hand, the sitter’s handwriting is also proof that the portrait was drawn from life, not copied from a photograph.

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It is an up-close, worldwide portrait of our fragile, magical, irreplaceable ecosystem.

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Kingsolver’s empathetic portrait reminds us of the strength and resilience, and often defiance, of these communities.

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This special group portrait in commemoration of LACMA’s momentous exhibition “Imagining Black Diasporas†will be printed in Image’s forthcoming April issue.

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Some of the mounds of debris have Hezbollah flags planted on top of them, while large and small portraits of Hassan Nasrallah, the former Hezbollah leader killed by Israel during the war, line the roads.

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