Represent
[reprɪ'zent] or [,rɛprɪ'zɛnt]
Definition
(verb.) serve as a means of expressing something; 'The flower represents a young girl'.
(verb.) create an image or likeness of; 'The painter represented his wife as a young girl'.
(verb.) 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; 'I represent the silent majority'.
(verb.) be representative or typical for; 'This period is represented by Beethoven'.
(verb.) take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; 'Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin'.
(verb.) point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; 'our parents represented to us the need for more caution'.
(verb.) describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; 'He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel'.
Typist: Meg--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
(v. t.) To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
(v. t.) To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
(v. t.) To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.
(v. t.) To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
(v. t.) To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
(v. t.) To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
(v. t.) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.
Typed by Geoffrey
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Exhibit, show, express.[2]. Delineate, depict, portray, set forth, describe.[3]. Personate, take the part of.[4]. Stand for, stand in the place of.
Typed by Camilla
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Portray, delineate, reproduce_exhibit, personate, state, indicate, embody,enact, illustrate, denote, play, dramatize, resemble
ANT:Misportray, misdelineate, distort, falsify, caricature, misrepresent
Edited by Barbie
Definition
v.t. to exhibit the image of: to serve as a sign of: to personate or act the part of: to stand in the place of: to bring before the mind: to describe: to portray: to exemplify.—n. Representabil′ity.—adj. Represent′able that may be represented.—ns. Representā′men representation; Represent′ance (obs.) likeness.—adj. Represent′ant having vicarious power.—n. Representā′tion act of representing or exhibiting: that which represents: an image: picture: dramatic performance: part performed by a representative: share participation: statement: delegation.—adj. Representā′tional.—ns. Representā′tionism the doctrine of Descartes that in the perception of the external world the immediate object represents another object beyond the sphere of consciousness; Representā′tionist.—adj. Represent′ative representing: showing a likeness: bearing the character or power of others: replacing: presenting the full character of a class: (logic) mediately known.—n. one who stands for another a deputy delegate: (law) an heir.—adv. Represent′atively.—ns. Represent′ativeness; Represent′er; Represent′ment.—Representative faculty the imagination.—House of Representatives the lower branch of the United States Congress consisting of members chosen biennially by the people.
Editor: Stu
Examples
- In this diagram G<1S> and G<2S> represent two generators, each producing current at a potential of 110 volts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Our conscious thoughts, observations, wishes, aversions are important, because they represent inchoate, nascent activities. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The space between these two points, which represent the temperatures of boiling water and of melting ice, is divided into 180 equal parts called degrees. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Politics, business, recreation, art, science, the learned professions, polite intercourse, leisure, represent such interests. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Particularly significant are the stories that represent him as discouraging extreme mortification. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Neither must they represent slaves, male or female, performing the offices of slaves? Plato. The Republic.
- I will represent the official police until their arrival. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She is represented upon her monuments in masculine garb, and with a long beard as a symbol of wisdom. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I represented that I knew him (as I did and do) to be strenuously opposed to it, both in opinion and action. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Her nature was represented to us, when we engaged her, as being feebly expressed in her name. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The Holly converter, covered by United States patents No. 86,303, and No. 86,304, January 26, 1869, represented one of the most important American developments of the Bessemer converter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Hussey also had his machine there, and they were the only ones represented. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Looking towards them now, I saw the Law (as represented by Mr. Bruff's papers) lying unheeded on the floor. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The first two weeks after her return represented to Mrs. Peniston the domestic equivalent of a religious retreat. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Each turbine in a penstock represents the power of 5,000 horses, and there are now ten or more employed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The latter represents the possibilities of the former; not its existing state. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We may say then that this figure represents a 100-ton silo. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- All this Mr. Kipling represents as a most desirable state of affairs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Fig. 275 represents Dudley’s patent drawing. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- I find her what he represents her, to the best of my judgment; and my mother speaks of her with great commendation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The central dots in the section are the conducting wires round which are the gutta percha and hemp, and the outer rim represents the iron wire casing. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Why should the brain be enclosed in a box composed of such numerous and such extraordinarily shaped pieces of bone apparently representing vertebrae? Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was an allegory, representing Mr. Davis in the act of signing a secession act or some such document. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Hence, the transmitted message was received on the tape in visible dots and dashes representing characters of the Morse alphabet. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Some were refugee cities representing smashed communities, and in these the aboriginal substratum would be missing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In Figs. 265 and 266 are shown illustrations from the Sixteenth Century, Fig. 265 representing a muzzle loader, and Fig. 266 a breech-loader. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He was busily chopping away at the furze, a long row of faggots which stretched downward from his position representing the labour of the day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Once, I had been taken to see some ghastly waxwork at the Fair, representing I know not what impossible personage lying in state. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
Typist: Sadie