[
US
/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt/
]
VERB
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perform (a play), especially on a stage
we are going to stage `Othello' -
be characteristic of
This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue -
create an image or likeness of
The painter represented his wife as a young girl -
be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
Ms. Smith will represent the defendant -
point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
our parents represented to us the need for more caution -
describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel - to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
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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 -
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 -
express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize? -
serve as a means of expressing something
The flower represents a young girl -
form or compose
The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance
This money is my only income
This sum represents my entire income for a year
These few men comprise his entire army
These constitute my entire belonging
The children made up the chorus -
bring forward and present to the mind
We presented the arguments to him
We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason -
be representative or typical for
This period is represented by Beethoven -
play a role or part
She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role
Gielgud played Hamlet
She played the servant to her husband's master
How To Use represent In A Sentence
- This came out of an investigation he was carrying out into when a ternary quartic form could be represented as the sum of five fourth powers of linear forms.
- The abrupt facies shift, bioturbation and cemented nature of the surfaces suggests that they represent marine flooding surfaces, formed during a rapid rise in relative sea level and/or a reduction in sediment supply.
- So, the system of existential graphs actually requires three dimensions for its representations, although the third dimension in which the torus is embedded can usually be represented in two dimensions by the use of pictorial devices that Peirce called “fornices” or “tunnel-bridges” and by the use of identificational devices that Peirce called Nobody Knows Nothing
- Often the burial site is destroyed, or there is a differential representation of habitats.
- Here, human or mouse embryonic stem cells, in vitro representatives of the totipotent inner cell mass blastomeres, are placed into culture.
- Values represent means obtained from triplicated experimental runs, with all SE values < 3% of total.
- There will be a representative from Crumlin Hospital attending the function to accept the cheque.
- The SF - 36 dimension representing role limitations due to emotional problems was dichotomised for analysis, since the original scale contains only four values.
- Should the value of a variable be represented by the amplitude of the output or by the location of nodes?
- Typically the characters of a masque would be classical deities or abstract qualities such as a Virtue and Beauty, contrasted with rustic figures, and the story would represent an archetypal conflict proceeding to resolution.
