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   Rep·re·sent

   /ˌreprəˈzent/

   

   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 councilor/MP forhave the vote ofappear foract forspeak foract/speak on behalf ofbe spokesperson forbe the representative of
   • ▪ (of a competitor) participate in a sports event or other competition on behalf of (one's club, town, region, or country): "Owens represented the U.S" Similar play forappear forbe a member of the team
   • ▪ be an elected member of a legislature for (a particular constituency, party, or group): "she became the first woman to represent her district"
   • ▪ act as a substitute for (someone), especially on an official or ceremonial occasion: "the president was represented by the secretary of state" Similar deputize foract as a substitute forsubstitute forstand in fortake the place ofreplace
   • 2. constitute; amount to: "this figure represents eleven percent 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 rural life" Similar be a typical sample ofbe representative oftypifystand for
   • ▪ (of a group or type of person or thing) be present or found in something, especially to a particular degree: "abstraction is well represented in this exhibition"
   • 3. depict (a particular subject) in a picture or other work of art: "santos are small wooden figures representing saints" Similar depictportrayrenderpicturedelineateshowillustratecharacterizepaintdrawsketchexhibitdisplayliterary:limn
   • ▪ describe or depict (someone or something) as being of a certain nature; 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: "the numbers 1–10 represent the letters A–J" Similar stand forcorrespond todesignatedenotemeanliterary:betoken
   • ▪ be a symbol or embodiment of (a particular quality or thing): "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 the part of (someone) in a theatrical production.
   • 4. state or point out (something) 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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