{
    "term": "depict",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "depict",
            "heSheIt": "depicts"
        },
        "pastSimple": "depicted",
        "pastParticiple": "depicted",
        "ingForm": "depicting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to show an image of somebody/something in a picture",
            "sensetop": "depict somebody/something (as somebody/something)depict somebody/something doing something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a painting depicting the Virgin and Child",
                    "contextForm": "depict somebody/something (as somebody/something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The artist had depicted her lying on a bed.",
                    "contextForm": "depict somebody/something doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The carving clearly depicts a dragon inside a circle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "paintings depicting scenes from mythology"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The panels depict scenes from the life of St Ursula."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Art"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["graphically", "vividly", "accurately"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to describe something in words, or give an impression of something in words or with a picture",
            "sensetop": "depict somebody/somethingdepict somebody/something as somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The novel depicts French society in the 1930s.",
                    "contextForm": "depict somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The advertisements depicted the city as glamorous and exciting.",
                    "contextForm": "depict somebody/something as somebody/something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["graphically", "vividly", "accurately"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪkt/",
                "audio": "de/depict/depict__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪkts/",
                "audio": "de/depict/depicts__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪktɪd/",
                "audio": "de/depict/depicted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/depict/depicting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪkt/",
                "audio": "de/depict/depict__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪkts/",
                "audio": "de/depict/depicts__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪktɪd/",
                "audio": "de/depict/depicted__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈpɪktɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/depict/depicting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin depict- ‘portrayed’, from the verb depingere, from de- ‘completely’ + pingere ‘to paint’."
}