Portrait (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a likeness of a person, especially of the face, as a painting, drawing, or photograph: a gallery of family portraits.
  2. a verbal picture or description, usually of a person: a biography that provides a fascinating portrait of an 18th-century rogue.
adjective
  1. relating to or producing vertical, upright orientation of computer or other digital output, with lines of data parallel to the two shorter sides of a page or screen. Compare landscape.
noun
    • a painting, drawing, sculpture, photograph, or other likeness of an individual, esp of the face
    • (as modifier)
  1. a verbal description or picture, esp of a person's character
adjective
  1. (of a publication or an illustration in a publication) of greater height than width
Portrait (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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