#️⃣#Represent /ˌreprɪˈzent/
1️⃣SPEAK FOR SOMEBODY [transitive] ➡️ to officially speak or take action for another person or group of people:
🔹Mr Kobayashi was chosen to represent the company at the conference.
2️⃣IN COURT [transitive] ➡️ to speak officially for someone in a court of law
💢represent yourself
🔹She decided to represent herself (=speak for herself without a lawyer) during the trial.
3️⃣BE SOMETHING [linking verb] ➡️ to form or be something ⇨ amount to:
🔹European orders represented 30 percent of our sales last year.
💢represent a change/an advance/an increase etc
🔹This treatment represents a significant advance in the field of cancer research.
4️⃣GOVERNMENT [transitive] ➡️ to have been elected to a parliament, council etc by the people in a particular area:
🔹He represents the Congressional District of Illinois.
5️⃣SIGN [transitive] ➡️ to be a sign or mark that means something SYN stand for:
🔹Brown areas represent deserts on the map.
6️⃣SYMBOL [transitive] ➡️ to be a symbol of something SYN symbolize:
🔹He hated the school and everything it represented.
7️⃣SPORTS [transitive] ➡️ if you represent your country, school, town etc in a sport, you take part in a sports event for that country etc:
🔹Her greatest ambition was to represent her country at the Olympics.
8️⃣be represented ➡️ if a group, organization, area etc is represented at an event, people from it are at the event:
🔹All the local clubs were represented in the parade.
9️⃣DESCRIBE [transitive] ➡️ to describe someone or something in a particular way, especially in a way that is not true SYN portray ⇨ depict
💢represent somebody/something as something
🔹The article represents the millionaire as a simple family man.
🔹He had represented himself as an employee in order to gain access to the files.
1️⃣0️⃣ART [transitive] ➡️ if a painting, statue, piece of music etc represents something or someone, it shows them:
🔹Paintings representing religious themes were common in medieval times.
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1️⃣SPEAK FOR SOMEBODY [transitive] ➡️ to officially speak or take action for another person or group of people:
🔹Mr Kobayashi was chosen to represent the company at the conference.
2️⃣IN COURT [transitive] ➡️ to speak officially for someone in a court of law
💢represent yourself
🔹She decided to represent herself (=speak for herself without a lawyer) during the trial.
3️⃣BE SOMETHING [linking verb] ➡️ to form or be something ⇨ amount to:
🔹European orders represented 30 percent of our sales last year.
💢represent a change/an advance/an increase etc
🔹This treatment represents a significant advance in the field of cancer research.
4️⃣GOVERNMENT [transitive] ➡️ to have been elected to a parliament, council etc by the people in a particular area:
🔹He represents the Congressional District of Illinois.
5️⃣SIGN [transitive] ➡️ to be a sign or mark that means something SYN stand for:
🔹Brown areas represent deserts on the map.
6️⃣SYMBOL [transitive] ➡️ to be a symbol of something SYN symbolize:
🔹He hated the school and everything it represented.
7️⃣SPORTS [transitive] ➡️ if you represent your country, school, town etc in a sport, you take part in a sports event for that country etc:
🔹Her greatest ambition was to represent her country at the Olympics.
8️⃣be represented ➡️ if a group, organization, area etc is represented at an event, people from it are at the event:
🔹All the local clubs were represented in the parade.
9️⃣DESCRIBE [transitive] ➡️ to describe someone or something in a particular way, especially in a way that is not true SYN portray ⇨ depict
💢represent somebody/something as something
🔹The article represents the millionaire as a simple family man.
🔹He had represented himself as an employee in order to gain access to the files.
1️⃣0️⃣ART [transitive] ➡️ if a painting, statue, piece of music etc represents something or someone, it shows them:
🔹Paintings representing religious themes were common in medieval times.
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