portrait
noun
a likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph.
portraits
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pluralof portrait.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I’ve yet to see a law firm’s online people directory featuring cartoon partner portraits, for example.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Since displaying one of her first portraits at the Royal Academy Summer Show in 2021, she has sold paintings for thousands of pounds and raised more than £45,000 for charitable causes.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
At the Nova site, mourners gathered in front of portraits both of festival-goers and security forces who died on October 7.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Before entering a heavily gilded Oval Office, Trump walked Xi along a renovated colonnade now adorned with gold-framed portraits of U.S. presidents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Everything looked familiar, which was disconcerting until I realized I had seen all this stuff before in different family portraits scattered throughout the whole county, the same props used over and over again.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
