depicts

verb

present tense third-person singular of depict
1
as in describes
to give a representation or account of in words this letter from an eyewitness depicts the battle in greater detail than any other account

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2
as in characterizes
to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group the report depicted him as a reliable assistant and an employee who could be entrusted with any task

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3
as in portrays
to present a picture of the painting depicts a pastoral landscape on a summer day

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Recent Examples of depicts Golf equipment powerhouse Callaway ended its partnership with Good Good Golf amid the justified backlash over a video ad for a new Callaway driver that depicts a man aggressively shoving a woman to the ground. — Greg Cote august 30, Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 The portrait, painted during Rembrandt’s later years, depicts Catrina Hooghsaet, a wealthy Mennonite woman from Amsterdam, who lived apart from her husband. — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Aug. 2026 Rembrandt’s portrait depicts Catrina Hooghsaet, a wealthy member of Amsterdam’s 17th-century Mennonite community who lived separately from her husband. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 The nearly two-minute spot depicts a club-wielding bureaucrat chasing and tripping a child on a bike and another stealing a boy’s scooter. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026 Another mural depicts volunteer fighter Oleksii Movchan, holding a grey-and-white cat. — Laurie Kellman, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 The map depicts the percentage of money each sheriff spent on expenditures disapproved by the reviewers. — Aneri Pattani — Kff Health News, STAT, 27 Aug. 2026 The sculpture depicts a female figure, her cloak billowing out in the shape of a seed around her and etched with more than 300 global symbols of peace, holding olive branches and surrounded by six children, each representing a continent. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026 The film depicts the life of the Hungarian-Indian painter Amrita Sher-Gil, with Watson playing the artist’s mother. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for depicts
  1. describes
  2. characterizes
  3. portrays
  4. represents
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  • Human Intelligence As Spec The Knowing markets itself as 100% human intelligence, which Thomas describes as a business proposition rather than a moral one.
    — Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Modern interpreters have read his 10 heads as signifying his vast knowledge of 10 sacred texts, or alternately his 10 ethical failings, but the Ramayana account describes him as 10-headed from birth.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026
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  • The research characterizes the industry as roughly two years behind travelers in adoption.
    — Jeff Fromm, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Pragmatism characterizes Taiwan’s approach to mainland China.
    — Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of characterizes
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  • Amie Donald physically portrays M3GAN, with Jenna Davis providing the voice.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The film is directed by Gotham Chopra, portrays NBA superstar Stephen Curry reaching a record 4,000 three-pointers on the basketball court, and the shooting mastery behind the Golden State Warrior team leader’s sporting greatness.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of portrays
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  • Georgia Cartwright, the Fort Worth Herd trail boss, said each of the 17 longhorns represents a decade of the city’s existence.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Jordan’s Ferrari represents Joopiter’s entry into the surging high-end collector-car market.
    — Benjamin Burrows, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
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“Depicts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depicts. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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