Vocabulary
Depict
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form.
Urdu meaning
عکاسی کرنا، صورت بیان کرنا، منظر کشی کرنا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Attempts are also afoot to depict Pakistan as an irresponsible nation where the nuclear issue is concerned.
- Collectively, figures for income, educational choice, utility consumption, and housing depict a clearer picture of Pakistan`s income distribution, ie, a poor country with a very small and relatively better-off white-collar segment.
- These extreme weather events depict the vast geographical reach of climatic incidents in Pakistan from the mountains of the north to the plains of the south.
- Recent developments in Balochistan, KP and Islamabad depict a society in flux, one which is facing severe, intense internal pressures due to tensions between the state and its people.
- Recent developments in Balochistan, KP and Islamabad depict a society in flux, one which is facing severe, intense internal pressures due to tensions between the state and its people.
Synonyms
portray, represent, picture, illustrate, delineate, outline, reproduce, render
Antonyms
misrepresent, exaggerate, deform, caricature
Curator example
“paintings depicting Old Testament scenes”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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