represents
- 1Third person singular simple present of represent.
The lawyer represents both sides in routine disputes like this one.
Each color on the chart represents a different age group.
Note
The -s form that agrees with he, she, it or a singular noun: the lawyer represents, each color represents. Every meaning it carries is transitive, so it always takes an object, such as a client, a district, an age group or a character on stage. In questions and negatives the -s moves to does and the verb returns to its base form: Does she represent the firm? It doesn't represent the data fairly.
represents is a form of represent
represent, verb: 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. Full entry
- Forms
- representrepresents he/she/itrepresenting -ing formrepresented past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- represent → represents: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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