portrays
USpor-TRAYZ/pɔɹˈtɹeɪz/Saypaw-TRAYZUK/pɔːˈtɹeɪz/AUS/poːˈtɹæɪz/
- 1Third-person singular present of portray.
The novel portrays small-town life with warmth and humor.
The documentary portrays the scientist as a tireless eccentric.
Note
One form carries every meaning of the verb: a painter portrays a face, a writer portrays a town in words, and an actor portrays a character on stage or screen. Only the old meaning 'to adorn' has dropped out, so a modern sentence cannot use it that way. A common pattern names the subject and then the image given to it: a film portrays someone as a hero, a villain or an eccentric.
portrays is a form of portray
portray, verb: To act out a role, or to depict a character, person, situation, or event in a performance or work. Full entry
- Forms
- portrayportrays he/she/itportraying -ing formportrayed past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- portray → portrays: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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