portrait
portrait Lexical Profile
portrait Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A painting, drawing, photograph, or engraving of a person, especially one depicting only the face or head and shoulders.
"A large oil portrait of the university's founder hangs above the fireplace in the main hall."
A vivid or detailed representation or description of someone or something in writing, film, or speech.
"The biographer provides a fascinating portrait of daily life in nineteenth-century London."
A vertical format or orientation for a printed page, image, or display screen in which the height is greater than the width.
"The chart is too wide to fit in portrait, so you should switch the page layout to landscape."
• adjective
Oriented vertically so that the height of the page, canvas, or display screen is greater than its width.
"Please make sure the document is set to portrait mode before you print the handout."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the 16th century from Middle French portrait, originally the past participle of portraire ('to draw forth' or 'to depict'), derived from Latin protrahere ('to draw forth, reveal, or expose').
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