Represent

Definition:

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.
  • (v. t.) To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.
  • (v. t.) To stand in the place of; to supply the place, perform the duties, exercise the rights, or receive the share, of; to speak and act with authority in behalf of; to act the part of (another); as, an heir represents his ancestor; an attorney represents his client in court; a member of Congress represents his district in Congress.
  • (v. t.) To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.
  • (v. t.) To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.
  • (v. t.) To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
  • (v. t.) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.

Compare represent with other words:

mark vs. represent

represent vs. serve

display vs. represent

attest vs. represent

involve vs. represent

epitomize vs. represent

deputy vs. represent

report vs. represent

mean vs. represent

describe vs. represent

correlate vs. represent

literation vs. represent

represent vs. scenography

emblematize vs. represent

represent vs. representer

proxenos vs. represent

delegate vs. represent

represent vs. signify

content vs. represent

represent vs. rim

represent vs. result

monster vs. represent

carved vs. represent

express vs. represent

dictate vs. represent

reflect vs. represent

indicate vs. represent

represent vs. trigraph

digitize vs. represent

byword vs. represent

misrepresent vs. represent

represent vs. symbolize

prefigure vs. represent

personalize vs. represent

hieroglyphic vs. represent

pageant vs. represent

ideogram vs. represent

pictograph vs. represent

fundamental vs. represent

demonstrate vs. represent

denote vs. represent

apply vs. represent

depict vs. represent

emblem vs. represent

instantiate vs. represent

embody vs. represent

emissary vs. represent

represent vs. specimen

defender vs. represent

interpret vs. represent

diplomat vs. represent

pictogram vs. represent

represent vs. transcribe

dumb vs. represent

represent vs. resemble

caricature vs. represent

represent vs. sculpture

orthography vs. represent

realistic vs. represent

exponent vs. represent

performance vs. represent

diagram vs. represent

demonize vs. represent

represent vs. treat

represent vs. representation

represent vs. representable

presentative vs. represent

represent vs. sensorium

congress vs. represent

mimicry vs. represent

delineate vs. represent

portray vs. represent

exhibit vs. represent

recommend vs. represent

represent vs. typify

present vs. represent

rep vs. represent

defend vs. represent

minority vs. represent

represent vs. representative

represent vs. shade

byte vs. represent

canon vs. represent

represent vs. table

parable vs. represent

matrix vs. represent

champion vs. represent

line vs. represent

image vs. represent

attorney vs. represent

heart vs. represent

represent vs. writing

person vs. represent

abbreviation vs. represent