portrait meaning

Noun: portrait  'portrut or 'por`treyt

1. A word picture of a person's appearance and character
   - portrayal, portraiture 
2. Any likeness of a person, in any medium
   "the photographer made excellent portraits"
   - portrayal

Derived forms: portraits

See also: portray

Type of: characterisation [Brit], characterization, delineation, depiction, likeness, picture, semblance, word picture, word-painting

Encyclopedia: Portrait

[Business]
AmE / noun [U]

(IT )

the way of printing a document in which the top of the page is one of the shorter sides:

You can change the page layout from portrait to landscape.

⇨ LANDSCAPE

[Medicine]
Graphic representations,especially of the face,of real persons,usually posed,living or dead. (From Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II,p540,1995)

Examples

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1. the portrait was his proudest possession.
2. i guess it will interfere with your portrait.
3. he stares at the portrait with uncommon interest.
4. it is a memorable portrait of an era.
5. the portrait is drawn to the life.