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verbperform (a play), especially on a stagetype of:
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"This sum represents my entire income for a year"verbform or compose
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verbexpress indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
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verbtake the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
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verbbe characteristic of
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verbto establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
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"Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"verbbe the defense counsel for someone in a trial
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"We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"verbbring forward and present to the mind
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"The painter represented his wife as a young girl"verbcreate an image or likeness of
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"I represent the silent majority"verbbe 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 disputetype of:
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"This period is represented by Beethoven"verbbe representative or typical fortype of:
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"He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"verbdescribe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
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"our parents represented to us the need for more caution"verbpoint out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrancetype of:
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"The flower represents a young girl"verbserve as a means of expressing somethingtype of:
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be say tell make mean place show play set reason picture state act present support form stage serve draw pretend model paint map defend express range argue describe equal intend spin profile capture pose representative indicate chart utter interpret representation compose render correspond graph supplement commute portray constitute silhouette enact embody depict parody impersonate symbolize belie straddle dramatize permute comprise reenact localize symbolise transpose verbalize misrepresent actualize personify dramatise emote stylize epitomize typify exemplify re-create localise make up fall under fall into stand for epitomise lay out animalise animalize stylise carnalize conventionalize sensualize limn mock up act out make believe instantiate speak for actualise point out remonstrate give tongue to verbalise