represent
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- v take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
- v express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol
- v be representative or typical for
This period is represented by Beethoven - v 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 - v serve as a means of expressing something
The flower represents a young girl - v be characteristic of
- v form or compose
This sum represents my entire income for a year - v be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
Ms. Smith will represent the defendant - v create an image or likeness of
The painter represented his wife as a young girl - v play a role or part
- v perform (a play), especially on a stage
- v describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel - v point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
our parents represented to us the need for more caution - v bring forward and present to the mind
We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason - v to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
- Borrowing some of the mathematics that string theorists invented to plumb the secrets of the physical universe, he has found a way to represent the universe of all possible musical .
- Not only do we hear him in those trumpet players who represent the present renaissance in jazz Wynton Marsalis, Wallace Roney, Terence Blanchard, Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton .
- They represent the freedom afforded those considered to be citizens in an Apartheid system, while we represent the values of judging each American as an individual.