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portrait
What does portrait mean?
portrait (noun): any likeness of a person, in any medium.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use portrait in a sentence?
- The photographer made excellent portraits. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce portrait?
/ˈpɔɹtɹət/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does portrait come from?
From Middle French portraict, pourtraict, nominal use of the past participle of portraire (“portray”), from Latin prōtrahō (prō- + trahō).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “portrait” mean?
any likeness of a person, in any medium
Right! That's what “portrait” means.
how something is done or how it happens
Not quite: that's what style means.
a firm decision or an official decision
Not quite: that's what resolution means.
a cunning or deceitful action or device
Not quite: that's what trick means.
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