representverb
uk/ˌrep.rɪˈzent/us/ˌrep.rɪˈzent/represent verb (ACT FOR)
C2 [ T ] to speak, act, or be present officially for another person or people:
[ T ] to be the Member of Parliament, or of Congress, etc. for a particular area:
C2 [ T ] to be the person from a country, school, etc. that is in a competition:
formal to express or complain about something, to a person in authority:
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- All the local churches were represented at the memorial service.
- All the nations of the world will be represented at the conference.
- A group of four teachers were delegated to represent the school at the union conference.
- They purport to represent the wishes of the majority of parents at the school.
- A friend of the victim was subpoenaed as a witness by lawyers representing the accused.
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Replacing and exchanging
- alternate
- alternatively
- bargain sth away
- change over
- change places idiom
- fill
- name
- part exchange
- pinch-hit
- pre-empt
- proxy
- rep
- reserve
- shoe
- sit
- substitution
- succeed
- succession
- supersede
- supplant
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represent verb (DESCRIBE)
C2 [ T ] to show or describe something or someone:
B2 [ T ] to be a sign or symbol of something:
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- ¼ and 0.25 are different ways of representing the same fraction.
- The wild cards are represented here by asterisks.
- The decimal system represents numbers in terms of groups of ten.
- Each number on the scale represents twice the speed of the preceding number.
- Writers of realist novels try to represent life as it is.
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Representation in art & in general
- capture
- depict
- depiction
- perspective
- poetic licence
- portray
- realism
- representation
- representational
- semiotics
- simulacrum
- stylized
- symbolic
- symbolism
represent verb (BE)
B2 [ L only + noun ] to be the result of something, or to be something:
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- The course represents excellent value for money.
- This huge, unfinished building represents the last hurrah of the former regime.
- The new price represents a saving of more than 40 percent.
- This new policy represents a change of direction for the government.
- Her father's blessing represented a bestowal of consent upon her marriage.
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Existing and being
- account for sth
- alive
- am
- are
- be
- come
- existent
- extant
- go
- go back
- have legs idiom
- hood
- languish
- lie
- lie in sth
- live
- lurk
- run
- stalk
- was
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