Representation
[,reprɪzen'teɪʃ(ə)n] or ['rɛprɪzɛn'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent.
(noun.) the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf.
(noun.) a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something.
(noun.) the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body.
(noun.) a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image.
(noun.) a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting; 'certain representations were made concerning police brutality'.
(noun.) a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract; 'the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor'.
(noun.) a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency; 'a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California'.
(noun.) the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent.
Typed by Anatole--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
(n.) That which represents.
(n.) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like.
(n.) A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet.
(n.) A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate.
(n.) The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress.
(n.) Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.
(n.) The state of being represented.
Edited by Jeremy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Exhibition, delineation, show.[2]. Personation, simulation.[3]. Description, account, narration, relation, narrative.[4]. Likeness, semblance, image, portraiture, model.[5]. Acting for others, supplying another's place.[6]. Body of delegates or deputies.
Editor: Omar
Examples
- A representation of the punched paper for transmitting the word Bain is shown in this diagram. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Of course, I lied: it was, in fact, a very faithful representation of Mr. Rochester. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It is in the foregoing manner that the remarkable stereoscopic effect of Sir David Brewster's ghost is produced, a representation of which is given in the next page. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Hence the origin of the representation of burghs in the states-general of all great monarchies in Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Non-workers have no representation in this new Russian state. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I have engaged, on Perker's representation, a housekeeper--a very old one--and such other servants as she thinks I shall require. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I was, of course, familiar with the pictures of the famous statesman, but the man himself was very different from his representation. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The methods of securing representation are unfit instruments for any flexible use. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Upon my representation of what you were suffering, he immediately, and with the greatest delicacy, ceased to urge to see you for the present. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- In running over my other perceptions, I find still the same resemblance and representation. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Proportional representation and preferential voting I have mentioned. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He heard it patiently and feelingly, but I saw that on the two subjects he had reserved it was at present hopeless to make any representation to him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The railway workers, the miners, the doctors, the teachers, the retail merchants would have direct representation in the Interessenvertrag. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The action is incessant, for in any dramatic representation intended for the motion-picture film every second counts. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is called in German an Interessenvertrag--a political representation by trade interests as well as by geographical districts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Later on there was more grace and less coarseness in the human representations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And surely these odious tradesmen might be made to understand that, and to wait, if you would make proper representations to them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I feel that especially about representations of women. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Your representations have weight with me; and to prove that they have, should he come this way I will speak to him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Now, let me ask you girls and boys, Would you paper a room with representations of horses? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- What proof have you of the truth of these representations? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- At first this, and her terrific screams, were all that could be got from Rachael, by any tears, by any prayers, by any representations, by any means. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The rest yielded to Miss Ophelia's urgent representations, that their master's safety depended on their stillness and obedience. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He was nerving himself to this rigor as he rode from Brassing, and meditated on the representations he must make to Rosamond. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I'll explain to you, then,' said the gentleman, after another and a dismal pause, 'why you wouldn't paper a room with representations of horses. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He visited the Quaker, in high anger; but, being possessed of uncommon candor and fairness, was soon quieted by his arguments and representations. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- That Mr. Woodcourt had only quieted the man by undertaking to come to our house very early in the morning with these representations. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- So you would carpet your room—or your husband's room, if you were a grown woman, and had a husband—with representations of flowers, would you? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Lord Southdown, it was said, had been induced to give many hundreds through these pathetic representations. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- You must come, certainly--to confront him, so that he may make no false representations to me. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
Typist: Murray