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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:
Definition that contains represent
- be represent, as of a character on stage
- make represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- set representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production
- present represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
- draw represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
- pretend represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- model representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale)
- popular representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
- profile represent in profile, by drawing or painting
- described represented in words especially with sharpness and detail