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form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"

bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution"

describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"

serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"

be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven"

perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"

be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute.

create an image or likeness of, in art

bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"

to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution"

describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"

serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"

be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven"

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.

To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.

To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.

To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.

To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.

To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.

To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.

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.

To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.

To portray by mimicry or action of any kind; to act the part or character of; to personate; as, to represent Hamlet.

To exhibit to another mind in language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of; to bring before the mind; to set forth; sometimes, to give an account of; to describe.

To serve as a sign or symbol of; as, mathematical symbols represent quantities or relations; words represent ideas or things.

To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.

To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something which was originally apprehended by direct presentation). See Presentative, 3.

To make clear to the mind; as, that story represents a great truth; to make or show a likeness of; as, the picture represents a moonlit sea; to make a statement about in order to influence opinion or to give a desired effect; as, he represented himself to be in want; act or speak in place of; as, he represents his father in the business; act the part of; as, he represented a clown in the play.

To exhibit the image of: to serve as a sign of: to personate or act the part of: to stand in the place of: to bring before the mind: to describe.

To exhibit the image of; stand for; act the part of; stand in the place of; bring before the mind; describe.

To bring before the mind; portary or depict.

To act as agent for; stand in the place of; be an instance of.

To present again.

To show or exhibit by resemblance; to describe; to exhibit; to personate; to stand and act for; to show by arguments, reasoning, or statements; to stand in the place of.