verb : REPRESENTS
Source: WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) 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" ;
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2. (
) express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" ;
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3. (
) be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven" ;
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4. (
) 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" ;
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5. (
) serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl" ;
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6. (
) be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" ;
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7. (
) form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" ;
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8. (
) be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant" ;
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9. (
) create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" ;
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10. (
) play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" ;
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11. (
) perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'" ;
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12. (
) describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel" ;
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13. (
) point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution" ;
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14. (
) bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" ;
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15. (
) to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets) ;
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