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Collocations for portrait - noun

1. a painting or photograph

ADJECTIVE

full-length, half-length
oil, pastel, etc.
photographic
equestrian, family, group, royal

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VERB + portrait

do, draw, paint
sit for
commission
write
display, exhibit, show

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portrait + VERB

hang
Ancient family portraits hung on the walls of the staircase.

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portrait + NOUN

gallery
artist, painter, photographer
a fashionable portrait painter
bust

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PREPOSITION

portrait by, portrait of
a portrait of the writer by Picasso

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2. detailed description

ADJECTIVE

intimate
vivid
The novel provides a vivid portrait of the Holberg family.
pen (esp. BrE)
The letters contained many deft pen portraits of his colleagues.

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VERB + portrait

create, draw
The book drew a stark portrait of Quebec's urban poor.
offer, present

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Collocations for portrait - adj.

Portrait is used with these nouns:
gallery, painter, painting, photograph, photographer, photography, studio

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