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Represent
ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt
- be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity
"for purposes of litigation, an infant can and must be represented by an adult"
be elected by be the councillor/MP for have the vote of appear for act for speak for act/speak on behalf of be spokesperson for be the representative of- (of a competitor) participate in a sporting event on behalf of (one's club, town, region, or country)
"Wade represented Great Britain"
- be an elected Member of Parliament or member of a legislature for (a particular constituency or party)
"she became the first woman to represent a South Wales mining valley"
- act as a substitute for (someone), especially on an official occasion
"the Duke of Edinburgh was represented by the Countess Mountbatten"
- constitute; amount to
"this figure represents eleven per cent of the company's total sales"
- be a specimen or example of; typify
"twenty parents, picked to represent a cross section of Scottish life"
- be present in something to a particular degree
"abstraction is well represented in this exhibition"
- depict (a particular subject) in a work of art
"santos are small wooden figures representing saints"
- describe or portray in a particular way
"the young were consistently represented as being in need of protection"
- (of a sign or symbol) have a particular signification; stand for
"numbers 1–15 represent the red balls"
- be a symbol or embodiment of
"the three heads of Cerberus represent the past, present, and future"
- play (a role) in a theatrical production
- state or point out clearly
"it was represented to him that she would be an unsuitable wife"
- allege; claim
"the vendors have represented that such information is accurate"