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depicting

[dih-pik-ting]

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noun

the act of portraying something by painting or other visual image or of describing it in words.
The depicting of the national coat-of-arms on coins has been a tradition in Lithuanian minting for over 600 years.

adjective

portraying or describing something (sometimes used in combination).
This Alaskan village can be used as a depicting example, highlighting the impacts of climate change on the lives of Native villagers.
A plan to withdraw the Gaddafi-depicting banknotes started with the 50-dinar note, the first to be retired.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of depicting¹

First recorded in 1880–85; depict ( def. ) + -ing ¹ ( def. ) for the noun; depict ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. ) for the adjective

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It was violent and often unflinching in depicting the harshness of life on the American frontier.

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Mr Wood said Mr Masum later sent another photograph, depicting the refuge where she was staying, with the words, "I know that you are living in this place."

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Trump’s opponents are already depicting this fiasco as emblematic of an administration that loves to shoot itself in the foot, then put the bloody foot in its mouth.

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Harvard University has agreed to hand over a set of historic photos believed to be among the earliest depicting enslaved people in the United States.

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A woman who travelled across the South West Coastal Path with her terminally ill husband has said a film depicting their journey took her "right back" to those difficult moments.

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