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Represent   /rˌɛprəzˈɛnt/  /rˌɛprɪzˈɛnt/   Listen
Represent

verb
1.
Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to.  Synonyms: correspond, stand for.
2.
Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol.  Synonyms: stand for, symbolise, symbolize, typify.
3.
Be representative or typical for.
4.
Be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute.
5.
Serve as a means of expressing something.
6.
Be characteristic of.  Synonym: exemplify.
7.
Form or compose.  Synonyms: be, comprise, constitute, make up.  "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance" , "These constitute my entire belonging" , "The children made up the chorus" , "This sum represents my entire income for a year" , "These few men comprise his entire army"
8.
Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial.  Synonym: defend.
9.
Create an image or likeness of.  Synonym: interpret.
10.
Play a role or part.  Synonyms: act, play.  "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role" , "She played the servant to her husband's master"
11.
Perform (a play), especially on a stage.  Synonyms: present, stage.
12.
Describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality.
13.
Point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance.
14.
Bring forward and present to the mind.  Synonyms: lay out, present.  "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
15.
To establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets).  Synonym: map.



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"Represent" Quotes from Famous Books



... sublime I shall achieve in time To make the punishment fit the crime. The punishment fit the crime. And make the prisoner pent Unwillingly represent A source of innocent ...
— The Drums Of Jeopardy • Harold MacGrath
... the bosom of the Church in the time that they have had control of this district. The number has been lessened by the invasions of the Moros. The conversions have been made among heathens, apostates, refugees from other islands—all of whom represent the worst elements. The Recollects have had to fight against the forces of nature, the Moros, and sorcery. They have persevered in the face of all manner of hardships—hardships that cause some of the missionaries who have been there to say that the ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 - Volume 41 of 55, 1691-1700 • Various
... pedantic than I can represent him, and placed more scraps of Latin in his speech; but it was all uttered with a fine geniality of eye and manner which went far to conquer my distrust. Moreover, I could see he now treated me as if I was myself beyond a doubt; so that first ...
— Kidnapped • Robert Louis Stevenson
... of the southern division of the capital, and surrounded by a sacred grove so extensive that the silence of its deep shades is never broken by the noise of the busy world around it, stands the Temple of Heaven. It consists of a single tower, whose tiling of resplendent azure is intended to represent the form and color of the aerial vault. It contains no image; but on a marble altar a bullock is offered once a year as a burnt sacrifice, while the monarch of the empire prostrates himself in adoration ...
— Oriental Religions and Christianity • Frank F. Ellinwood
... QUERY.—At the enthronement of Dr. MACLAGAN as Archbishop of York "the band of the First Royal Dragoons," says the Daily Graphic, "played an appropriate march." That the band of the Royal Dragoons should symbolically and cymballically represent the Church Militant is right enough; but what is "a march appropriate" to an Archbishop? One of BISHOP's glees would have been more suitable to the occasion. Henceforth Dr. MACLAGAN can say, if he ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 101, September 26, 1891 • Various


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