Meaning

16 senses
  1. (transitive)To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.

  2. (transitive)To portray visually; to delineate.

    a landscape can be represented in a picture.

    The sculptor represented a horse in bronze.

  3. (transitive)To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of.

    It has always been his dream to represent Hamlet on Broadway.

    darstellen

  4. (transitive)To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of.

    He sent his agent to represent himself at the meeting.

    As he was too ill to accept the award, his brother represented him at the ceremony.

    vertreten, repräsentieren

    представля́тьpredstavljátʹ

    представля́тиpredstavljáty

  5. (transitive)To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.).

    They chose a member of Congress to represent their district.

  6. (transitive)To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of.

    He represented that he was investigating for the police department.

  7. (transitive)To give an account of; to describe.

  8. (transitive)To serve as a sign or symbol of.

    The @ symbol represents the online world.

    A dove is often used to represent peace.

    darstellen

    зображуватиzobražuvaty

    serve as a means of expressing something

  9. (transitive)To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.

    bring forward and present to the mind

  10. (transitive)To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).

  11. (transitive)To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.

  12. (transitive)To participate as a team member.

Examples

239 sentences
  1. Tom is supposed to represent us.

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  2. I represented my university at the conference.

    ruЯ представлял мой университет на конференции.

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  3. He represented his class at the meeting.

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  4. Tom is happy that he's been chosen to represent his school.

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  5. Mary represented her team in the competition.

    deMary vertrat ihre Mannschaft beim Wettbewerb.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to stand in the place of, act on behalf of:
to serve as a sign or symbol of:
Русский
By meaning 1
to stand in the place of, act on behalf of:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to portray by pictorial or plastic art:
to stand in the place of, act on behalf of:

Origin

From Old French représenter, from Latin repraesentō. Displaced native Old English spelian

From Old French représenter, from Latin repraesentō. Displaced native Old English spelian (“to represent”).

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Forms

represents, representing, represented, represented
Base formrepresent · to represent
3rd person singularrepresents
Present participlerepresenting
Past simplerepresented
Past participlerepresented

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrepresent
he, she, itrepresents

Past simpleLesson

all personsrepresented

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave represented
he, she, ithas represented

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill represent

Synonyms

14 synonyms
to constitute:formB1
Close in meaning

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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