represent
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: card-games
government
hobbies
lifestyle
poker
politics
sports
Etymology: From Old French représenter, from Latin repraesentō.
Inflected forms:
form: represents
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: representing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: represented
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: represented
pos: verb
tags: past
form: repræsent
pos: verb
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To portray visually; to delineate
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: a landscape can be represented in a picture.
The sculptor represented a horse in bronze.
gloss: To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It has always been his dream to represent Hamlet on Broadway.
gloss: To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He sent his agent to represent himself at the meeting.
As he was too ill to accept the award, his brother represented him at the ceremony.
An attorney's job is to represent his client in court
gloss: To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: They chose a member of Congress to represent their district.
gloss: To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He represented that he was investigating for the police department.
gloss: To give an account of; to describe.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To serve as a sign or symbol of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The @ symbol represents the online world.
A dove is often used to represent peace.
A person climbs a mountain, not only "because it is there," but also because it represents a fundamental and personal challenge.
gloss: To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Rounded stone and glass objects with fine radiating scratches on one surface represent the slickstones that were used in garment-making and laundry, to smooth the cloth and to press seams and pleats.
gloss: To participate as a team member.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To play as if holding (a set of cards); to play as if having made (a hand).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Richard was holding the nuts, but he was trying to represent two-pair to get the other players to bet.
gloss: To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I'm representing for the gangsters all across the world.
Still hitting them corners in them low lows girl.
Synonyms: make up
Related words: representability
representable
representative
representation
Derived words: metarepresent
misrepresent
overrepresent
representee
representer
representment
representor
rerepresent
under-represent
underrepresent
unrepresent
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