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   represent

   /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt/

   verb

   • 1. be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity: "for purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult" Similar be elected bybe the councillor/MP forhave the vote ofappear foract forspeak foract/speak on behalf ofbe spokesperson forbe the representative of
   • ▪ (of a competitor) participate in a sporting event on behalf of (one's club, town, region, or country): "Wade represented Great Britain" Similar play forappear forbe a member of the team
   • ▪ be an elected Member of Parliament or member of a legislature for (a particular constituency or party): "she became the first woman to represent a South Wales mining valley"
   • ▪ act as a substitute for (someone), especially on an official occasion: "the Duke of Edinburgh was represented by the Countess Mountbatten" Similar deputize foract as a substitute forsubstitute forstand in fortake the place ofreplace
   • 2. constitute; amount to: "this figure represents eleven per cent of the company's total sales" Similar constitutebeamount tomeanbe regarded as
   • ▪ be a specimen or example of; typify: "twenty parents, picked to represent a cross section of Scottish life" Similar be a typical sample ofbe representative oftypifystand for
   • ▪ be present in something to a particular degree: "abstraction is well represented in this exhibition"
   • 3. depict (a particular subject) in a work of art: "santos are small wooden figures representing saints" Similar depictportrayrenderpicturedelineateshowillustratecharacterizepaintdrawsketchexhibitdisplayliterary:limn
   • ▪ describe or portray in a particular way: "the young were consistently represented as being in need of protection" Similar describe aspresent asprofess to bepurport to beclaim to beset oneself up aspass oneself off aspose aspretend to bemasquerade as
   • ▪ (of a sign or symbol) have a particular signification; stand for: "numbers 1–15 represent the red balls" Similar stand forcorrespond todesignatedenotemeanliterary:betoken
   • ▪ be a symbol or embodiment of: "the three heads of Cerberus represent the past, present, and future" Similar symbolizestand forpersonifyepitomizetypifybe symbolic ofembodybe the embodiment/incarnation ofgive human form/shape tobody forthillustrateincorporatereflectrare:incarnateimage
   • ▪ play (a role) in a theatrical production.
   • 4. state or point out clearly: formal "it was represented to him that she would be an unsuitable wife" Similar point outstateindicatepresentset forthput forward
   • ▪ allege; claim: "the vendors have represented that such information is accurate" Similar claimmaintainstatesayaffirmallegecontendrare:asseverate

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French representer or Latin repraesentare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + praesentare ‘to present’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. representability noun
   • 2. representable adjective

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