# represent

Pronunciation: say "rep-ri-ZENT" /ˌɹɛp.ɹɪˈzɛnt/

## Verb

1. To act or speak officially for another person, a group, or a place, such as a lawyer for a client or an elected member for a district.
   - Simple: To speak or act for another person or group, like a lawyer for a client or a politician for an area.
   - _A skilled attorney will represent you throughout the trial._
   - _An agent represents the author in all contract negotiations._
2. To stand for something else, serving as its sign, symbol, or typical image.
   - Simple: To be a sign or picture that stands for something else.
   - _On many flags, a single star can represent national unity._
   - _In the diagram, each arrow represents a different force._
3. To constitute or make up something; to be an example of it.
   - Simple: To be or amount to something, or to make up part of something larger.
   - _Imported goods represent nearly a third of total trade._
   - _This discovery represents a major step forward for the field._
4. To play for a particular team, country, or club in a competition.
   - Simple: To play for a team or country in a sport or contest.
   - _Three local athletes will represent the region at the national finals._
   - _She represented her university in track events for four years._
5. To portray something visually, as in a drawing, painting, or diagram.
   - Simple: To show something in a picture, drawing, or other artwork.
   - _The mural represents a stormy sea at night._
   - _Early cartographers tried to represent the whole known world on a single sheet._
6. To describe something in words, often as having a particular character or quality.
   - Simple: To describe something in a certain way when you talk or write about it.
   - _Advertisements can represent the resort as a peaceful getaway._
   - _Critics argued that the report represented the data misleadingly._
7. To bring something before the mind so that it is known, felt, or understood, including recalling an image of it.
   - Simple: To make something appear in someone's mind so they can understand or feel it.
   - _Memory represents past events to us, though rarely exactly as they happened._
   - _Most people find it impossible to represent to themselves a space with four dimensions._
8. To act in a way that does credit to one's group or community; to acquit oneself well. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To do something well and make your group or community proud.
   - _When they took the stage, the crew came to represent._
   - _He always represents for the neighborhood that raised him._
9. To portray a person or character through acting or mimicry.
   - Simple: To play a person or character in a play or show.
   - _In the mime, two performers represent a couple arguing without saying a single word._
   - _She represents several different characters throughout the one-woman show._

## Other meanings

- (verb) To present something again, possibly in an altered or revised form.
- (verb) To come back for medical attention, presenting again with a complaint or symptoms.
- (verb) To play in a manner suggesting one holds a particular set of cards or has made a particular hand.

## Origin

It comes from Old French 'représenter', which in turn comes from the Latin 'repraesentō'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/represent (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).