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- pronunciation:
- re
prih
zent
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
represents, representing, represented |
| definition 1: |
When one thing represents another thing, it is used instead of it but gives the same meaning as that other thing. For example, a picture of a skull and crossed bones represents poison or danger. A heart shape often represents the feeling of love.
A dot on a map usually represents a city or town.The letter "b" represents the first sound in the word "box."Arrows often represent a direction like "up," "down," "left," or "right."
- synonyms:
- depict, mean, stand for
- similar words:
- express
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| definition 2: |
If someone represents a group of people, they speak for that whole group when they meet with others outside of that group. Let's say that everyone in a class is angry about something but they are afraid to tell the school principal, maybe the class will choose one person to represent them and that person will go to the principal and speak for everybody. When someone goes to another country to speak for the people of their country, we say that that person represents their country or represents the people of their country.
Every U.S. state elects two senators to represent the people of that state in the national government.Senator Ramirez represents the state of Arizona.- similar words:
- serve, speak for, stand for
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| definition 3: |
If two cows and ten chickens represent all of the animals on a farm, then these animals make up the total of the animals on the farm. When things represent something, they make up the whole of it.
Jen and Raven represent the total of all the girls on the soccer team. |
| related words: |
mean, play, treat |
| derivations: |
representable (adj.), representability (n.) |
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