transcription, транскрипция: [ reprɪzent ]
( represents, representing, represented)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If someone such as a lawyer or a politician represents a person or group of people, they act on behalf of that person or group.
...the politicians we elect to represent us...
VERB : V n
2.
If you represent a person or group at an official event, you go there on their behalf.
The general secretary may represent the president at official ceremonies.
VERB : V n
3.
If you represent your country or town in a competition or sports event, you take part in it on behalf of the country or town where you live.
My only aim is to represent Britain at the Olympics.
VERB : V n
4.
If a group of people or things is well represented in a particular activity or in a particular place, a lot of them can be found there.
Women are already well represented in the area of TV drama...
In New Mexico all kinds of cuisines are represented.
V-PASSIVE : be adv V-ed , be V-ed
5.
If you say that something represents a change, achievement, or victory, you mean that it is a change, achievement, or victory. ( FORMAL or WRITTEN )
These developments represented a major change in the established order.
V-LINK : V n
6.
If a sign or symbol represents something, it is accepted as meaning that thing.
...a black dot in the middle of the circle is supposed to represent the source of the radiation.
= symbolize
VERB : no cont , V n
7.
To represent an idea or quality means to be a symbol or an expression of that idea or quality.
We believe you represent everything British racing needs.
= embody
VERB : no cont , no passive , V n
8.
If you represent a person or thing as a particular thing, you describe them as being that thing.
The popular press tends to represent him as an environmental guru.
= portray
VERB : V n as n