depicted
Americanadjective
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represented by or as if by painting or other visual image; portrayed.
The viewer of this striking painting is lured into the possible narrative of the depicted figure by her beauty, strength, and grace.
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represented or characterized in words.
Subtle cues in the text indicate the tone or stance the author is taking towards the depicted events.
verb
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Etymology
Origin of depicted
Explanation
If your brother is depicted as a couch potato in your autobiographical novel, it means that you described him in a certain way, so that he came across as a lazy TV watcher. The adjective depicted means "shown or represented." A person or thing can be depicted in a particular way through a description, a drawing, a photograph, or any other artistic medium. Whenever a vivid picture of something — like life in Victorian England — is presented, that thing is being depicted. The Latin root depictus comes from the prefix de, meaning "down," and pingere, "to paint," and it means "to portray, paint, sketch or imagine."
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Example Sentences
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In her stunning 2016 debut, “Behold the Dreamers,” Cameroonian-born Mbue depicted an immigrant family living in New York City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The controversy began after media reports that figures in the Catholic Church were concerned about the future status of the saint, who is depicted in Brazil as a black woman.
From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026
Billboards throughout the country depicted Russian officers running for parliamentary seats after service on the front lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
He is also repeatedly depicted as a farmer, his days spent working the land.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
Though beautifully depicted, the insects in this book were not drawn to scale, and Hoefnagel had no sense of their origin.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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