represent

represent
[[t]re̱prɪze̱nt[/t]]
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represents, representing, represented
1) VERB If someone such as a lawyer or a politician represents a person or group of people, they act on behalf of that person or group.

[V n] ...the politicians we elect to represent us...

[V n] The offer has yet to be accepted by the lawyers representing the victims.

2) VERB If you represent a person or group at an official event, you go there on their behalf.

[V n] The general secretary may represent the president at official ceremonies.

3) VERB If you represent your country or town in a competition or sports event, you take part in it on behalf of the country or town where you live.

[V n] My only aim is to represent Britain at the Olympics.

4) V-PASSIVE If a group of people or things is well represented in a particular activity or in a particular place, a lot of them can be found there.

[be adv V-ed] Women are already well represented in the area of TV drama...

[be V-ed] In New Mexico all kinds of cuisines are represented.

5) V-LINK If you say that something represents a change, achievement, or victory, you mean that it is a change, achievement, or victory. [FORMAL or WRITTEN]

[V n] The pieces on view are not grouped around any one theme, but rather represent superb examples from various periods...

[V n] These developments represented a major change in the established order.

Syn:
amount to, constitute
6) VERB: no cont If a sign or symbol represents something, it is accepted as meaning that thing.

[V n] ...a black dot in the middle of the circle is supposed to represent the source of the radiation.

Syn:
stand for, symbolize
7) VERB: no cont, no passive To represent an idea or quality means to be a symbol or an expression of that idea or quality.

[V n] We believe you represent everything British racing needs.

Syn:
8) VERB If you represent a person or thing as a particular thing, you describe them as being that thing.

[V n as n] The popular press tends to represent him as an environmental guru.

Syn:
depict, portray

English dictionary. 2008.

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