# portraying

Pronunciation: US say "por-TRAY-ing" /pɔɹˈtɹeɪɪŋ/; say "paw-TRAY-ing" UK /pɔːˈtɹeɪɪŋ/, AUS /poːˈtɹæɪɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of portray. — present participle and gerund of portray
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of portray. Use this form for an action happening now or as an activity.
   - _Critics praised her for portraying the queen with surprising depth._
   - _The novel succeeds by portraying ordinary working life in vivid detail._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/portraying (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).