If you depict someone or something, you show what that person or thing is like—either in some kind of image (such as a drawing, painting, photograph, or movie), or with words.

DEPICT definition: 1. to represent or show something in a picture or story: 2. to represent or show something in a…. Learn more.

Depict definition: to represent by or as if by painting or other visual image; portray; delineate.. See examples of DEPICT used in a sentence.

1. To represent in a picture or sculpture: Each page's border has designs that depict forest animals. 2. To represent in words; describe: stories that depict life on the frontier.

To depict someone or something means to describe them or give an impression of them in writing. Margaret Atwood's novel depicts a gloomy, futuristic America. [VERB noun] Children's books …

Definition of depict verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Depict, portray, sketch imply a representation of an object or scene by colors or lines, or by words. Depict emphasizes vividness of detail: to depict the confusion of departure.