| representative | | |
| n. (person) | 1. representative | a person who represents others. |
| ~ agent | a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations. |
| ~ alderman | a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council).; "aldermen usually represent city wards" |
| ~ assemblyman | someone who is a member of a legislative assembly. |
| ~ assemblywoman | a woman assemblyman. |
| ~ middleman, contact | a person who is in a position to give you special assistance.; "he used his business contacts to get an introduction to the governor" |
| ~ delegate | a person appointed or elected to represent others. |
| ~ emissary, envoy | someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else. |
| ~ chief of state, head of state | the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government. |
| ~ negotiant, negotiator, treater | someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement). |
| ~ personal representative | a person who manages the affairs of another. |
| ~ resident commissioner | the representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives. |
| ~ union representative | a representative for a labor union. |
| n. (person) | 2. interpreter, representative, spokesperson, voice | an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose.; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" |
| ~ advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea. |
| ~ ambassador | an informal representative.; "an ambassador of good will" |
| ~ flack, flack catcher, flak, flak catcher | a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer. |
| ~ mouthpiece, mouth | a spokesperson (as a lawyer). |
| ~ spokesman | a male spokesperson. |
| ~ spokeswoman | a female spokesperson. |
| ~ bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman | a salesman who travels to call on customers. |
| n. (person) | 3. congressman, congresswoman, representative | a member of the United States House of Representatives. |
| ~ rep | informal abbreviation of `representative'. |
| ~ legislator | someone who makes or enacts laws. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. example, illustration, instance, representative | an item of information that is typical of a class or group.; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10" |
| ~ information | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction. |
| ~ apology, excuse | a poor example.; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile" |
| ~ exception | an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization.; "all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child"; "an exception tests the rule" |
| ~ case in point, precedent | an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time. |
| ~ quintessence | the most typical example or representative of a type. |
| ~ sample | a small part of something intended as representative of the whole. |
| ~ specimen | an example regarded as typical of its class. |
| adj. | 5. representative | serving to represent or typify.; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play" |
| ~ typical | exhibiting the qualities or characteristics that identify a group or kind or category.; "a typical American girl"; "a typical suburban community"; "the typical car owner drives 10,000 miles a year"; "a painting typical of the Impressionist school"; "a typical romantic poem"; "a typical case of arteritis" |
| adj. | 6. representative | standing for something else.; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States" |
| ~ allegoric, allegorical | used in or characteristic of or containing allegory.; "allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army" |
| ~ emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical | serving as a visible symbol for something abstract.; "a crown is emblematic of royalty"; "the spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish" |
| adj. | 7. representative | being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives.; "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people" |
| ~ democratic | characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality.; "democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords" |
| entrust | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. commit, confide, entrust, intrust, trust | confer a trust upon.; "The messenger was entrusted with the general's secret"; "I commit my soul to God" |
| ~ commend | give to in charge.; "I commend my children to you" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ consign, charge | give over to another for care or safekeeping.; "consign your baggage" |
| ~ recommit | commit again.; "It was recommitted into her custody" |
| ~ obligate | commit in order to fulfill an obligation.; "obligate money" |
| v. (possession) | 2. entrust, leave | put into the care or protection of someone.; "He left the decision to his deputy"; "leave your child the nurse's care" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| impart | | |
| v. (possession) | 1. give, impart, leave, pass on | transmit (knowledge or skills).; "give a secret to the Russians"; "leave your name and address here"; "impart a new skill to the students" |
| ~ convey | make known; pass on, of information.; "She conveyed the message to me" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ bequeath, will, leave | leave or give by will after one's death.; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate" |
| ~ give | convey or reveal information.; "Give one's name" |
| v. (possession) | 2. add, bestow, bring, contribute, impart, lend | bestow a quality on.; "Her presence lends a certain cachet to the company"; "The music added a lot to the play"; "She brings a special atmosphere to our meetings"; "This adds a light note to the program" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ factor | be a contributing factor.; "make things factor into a company's profitability" |
| ~ instill, transfuse | impart gradually.; "Her presence instilled faith into the children"; "transfuse love of music into the students" |
| ~ tinsel | impart a cheap brightness to.; "his tinseled image of Hollywood" |
| ~ throw in | add as an extra or as a gratuity. |
| v. (motion) | 3. carry, channel, conduct, convey, impart, transmit | transmit or serve as the medium for transmission.; "Sound carries well over water"; "The airwaves carry the sound"; "Many metals conduct heat" |
| ~ convey, express, carry | serve as a means for expressing something.; "The painting of Mary carries motherly love"; "His voice carried a lot of anger" |
| ~ bring, convey, take | take something or somebody with oneself somewhere.; "Bring me the box from the other room"; "Take these letters to the boss"; "This brings me to the main point" |
| ~ wash up | carry somewhere (of water or current or waves).; "The tide washed up the corpse" |
| ~ pipe in | bring in through pipes.; "Music was piped into the offices" |
| ~ bring in | transmit.; "The microphone brought in the sounds from the room next to mine" |
| ~ retransmit | transmit again. |
| ~ carry | be conveyed over a certain distance.; "Her voice carries very well in this big opera house" |
| represent | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. correspond, represent, stand for | take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to.; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin" |
| ~ equal, be | be identical or equivalent to.; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" |
| v. (communication) | 2. represent, stand for, symbolise, symbolize, typify | express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol.; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?" |
| ~ mean, intend | mean or intend to express or convey.; "You never understand what I mean!"; "what do his words intend?" |
| ~ embody, personify, be | represent, as of a character on stage.; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" |
| ~ epitomise, epitomize, typify | embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of.; "The fugue typifies Bach's style of composition" |
| v. (social) | 3. represent | be representative or typical for.; "This period is represented by Beethoven" |
| ~ instantiate | represent by an instance.; "This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect" |
| ~ speak for | be a spokesperson for.; "He represents the Government's position" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (social) | 4. represent | 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.; "I represent the silent majority" |
| ~ serve | do duty or hold offices; serve in a specific function.; "He served as head of the department for three years"; "She served in Congress for two terms" |
| v. (communication) | 5. represent | serve as a means of expressing something.; "The flower represents a young girl" |
| ~ misrepresent, belie | represent falsely.; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" |
| ~ give tongue to, utter, express, verbalise, verbalize | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" |
| ~ dramatise, dramatize | represent something in a dramatic manner.; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth" |
| ~ portray | portray in words.; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person" |
| ~ embody | represent or express something abstract in tangible form.; "This painting embodies the feelings of the Romantic period" |
| v. (stative) | 6. exemplify, represent | be characteristic of.; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue" |
| ~ embody, personify, be | represent, as of a character on stage.; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" |
| v. (stative) | 7. be, comprise, constitute, make up, represent | 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" |
| ~ make | constitute the essence of.; "Clothes make the man" |
| ~ compose | form the substance of.; "Greed and ambition composed his personality" |
| ~ form, constitute, make | to compose or represent:.; "This wall forms the background of the stage setting"; "The branches made a roof"; "This makes a fine introduction" |
| ~ straddle, range | range or extend over; occupy a certain area.; "The plants straddle the entire state" |
| ~ fall into, fall under | be included in or classified as.; "This falls under the rubric 'various'" |
| ~ pose, present | introduce.; "This poses an interesting question" |
| ~ supplement | serve as a supplement to.; "Vitamins supplemented his meager diet" |
| v. (social) | 8. defend, represent | be the defense counsel for someone in a trial.; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant" |
| v. (creation) | 9. interpret, represent | create an image or likeness of.; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ re-create | create anew.; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
| ~ carnalize, sensualize | represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture. |
| ~ silhouette | represent by a silhouette. |
| ~ animalise, animalize | represent in the form of an animal. |
| ~ profile | represent in profile, by drawing or painting. |
| ~ paint | make a painting of.; "He painted his mistress many times" |
| ~ capture | succeed in representing or expressing something intangible.; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea" |
| ~ depict, picture, show, render | show in, or as in, a picture.; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" |
| ~ stylise, stylize, conventionalize | represent according to a conventional style.; "a stylized female head" |
| ~ map | make a map of; show or establish the features of details of.; "map the surface of Venus" |
| ~ limn, portray, depict | make a portrait of.; "Goya wanted to portray his mistress, the Duchess of Alba" |
| ~ portray, present | represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture.; "The father is portrayed as a good-looking man in this painting" |
| ~ draw | represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface.; "She drew an elephant"; "Draw me a horse" |
| ~ mock up, model | construct a model of.; "model an airplane" |
| ~ graph, chart | represent by means of a graph.; "chart the data" |
| v. (creation) | 10. act, play, represent | play a role or part.; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master" |
| ~ performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance. |
| ~ act as, act, play | pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind.; "He acted the idiot"; "She plays deaf when the news are bad" |
| ~ make believe, pretend, make | represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like.; "She makes like an actress" |
| ~ re-create | create anew.; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
| ~ playact, roleplay, act, play | perform on a stage or theater.; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'" |
| ~ support | play a subordinate role to (another performer).; "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act" |
| ~ play | pretend to be somebody in the framework of a game or playful activity.; "Let's play like I am mommy"; "Play cowboy and Indians" |
| ~ act out, enact, reenact | act out; represent or perform as if in a play.; "She reenacted what had happened earlier that day" |
| ~ act out | represent an incident, state, or emotion by action, especially on stage.; "She could act neurotic anxiety" |
| ~ impersonate, portray | assume or act the character of.; "She impersonates Madonna"; "The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man" |
| ~ parody | make a spoof of or make fun of. |
| ~ emote | give expression or emotion to, in a stage or movie role. |
| v. (creation) | 11. present, represent, stage | perform (a play), especially on a stage.; "we are going to stage `Othello'" |
| ~ performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance. |
| ~ re-create | create anew.; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
| ~ localise, localize, set, place | locate.; "The film is set in Africa" |
| v. (communication) | 12. represent | describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality.; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel" |
| ~ describe, depict, draw | give a description of.; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack" |
| ~ symbolise, symbolize | represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols.; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize" |
| ~ actualise, actualize | represent or describe realistically. |
| v. (communication) | 13. represent | point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance.; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution" |
| ~ remonstrate, point out | present and urge reasons in opposition. |
| v. (communication) | 14. lay out, present, represent | bring forward and present to the mind.; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" |
| ~ argue, reason | present reasons and arguments. |
| ~ argue, indicate | give evidence of.; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work" |
| ~ spin | twist and turn so as to give an intended interpretation.; "The President's spokesmen had to spin the story to make it less embarrassing" |
| ~ say, state, tell | express in words.; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" |
| v. (change) | 15. map, represent | to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets). |
| ~ permute, transpose, commute | change the order or arrangement of.; "Dyslexics often transpose letters in a word" |
| surrender | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. resignation, surrender | acceptance of despair. |
| ~ despair | the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well.; "they moaned in despair and dismay"; "one harsh word would send her into the depths of despair" |
| ~ defeatism | acceptance of the inevitability of defeat. |
| n. (communication) | 2. giving up, surrender, yielding | a verbal act of admitting defeat. |
| ~ relinquishing, relinquishment | a verbal act of renouncing a claim or right or position etc.. |
| n. (act) | 3. surrender | the delivery of a principal into lawful custody. |
| ~ extradition | the surrender of an accused or convicted person by one state or country to another (usually under the provisions of a statute or treaty). |
| ~ legal transfer, livery, delivery | the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another. |
| n. (act) | 4. capitulation, fall, surrender | the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions).; "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" |
| ~ loss | the act of losing someone or something.; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock" |
| v. (competition) | 5. give up, surrender | give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another.; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" |
| ~ abnegate | surrender (power or a position).; "The King abnegated his power to the ministers" |
| ~ yield | cease opposition; stop fighting. |
| ~ concede | acknowledge defeat.; "The candidate conceded after enough votes had come in to show that he would lose" |
| ~ capitulate | surrender under agreed conditions. |
| v. (possession) | 6. cede, deliver, give up, surrender | relinquish possession or control over.; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in" |
| ~ gift, present, give | give as a present; make a gift of.; "What will you give her for her birthday?" |
| ~ yield up | surrender, as a result of pressure or force. |
| ~ sell | give up for a price or reward.; "She sold her principles for a successful career" |
| ~ sign away, sign over | formally assign ownership of.; "She signed away her rights" |
| yield | | |
| n. (act) | 1. output, yield | production of a certain amount. |
| ~ production | (economics) manufacturing or mining or growing something (usually in large quantities) for sale.; "he introduced more efficient methods of production" |
| ~ crop, harvest | the yield from plants in a single growing season. |
| n. (possession) | 2. issue, payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.; "the average return was about 5%" |
| ~ income | the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time. |
| ~ economic rent, rent | the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions. |
| ~ payback | financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment). |
| n. (artifact) | 3. fruit, yield | an amount of a product. |
| ~ product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| n. (quantity) | 4. output, production, yield | the quantity of something (as a commodity) that is created (usually within a given period of time).; "production was up in the second quarter" |
| ~ indefinite quantity | an estimated quantity. |
| ~ picking, pick | the quantity of a crop that is harvested.; "he sent the first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the biggest peach pick in years" |
| v. (possession) | 5. afford, give, yield | be the cause or source of.; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information" |
| ~ open up, open | make available.; "This opens up new possibilities" |
| ~ give | cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense.; "She gave him a black eye"; "The draft gave me a cold" |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
| ~ allow for, allow, provide, leave | make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain.; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" |
| v. (change) | 6. give way, yield | end resistance, as under pressure or force.; "The door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (creation) | 7. generate, give, render, return, yield | give or supply.; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" |
| ~ produce, create, make | create or manufacture a man-made product.; "We produce more cars than we can sell"; "The company has been making toys for two centuries" |
| ~ yield, give | cause to happen or be responsible for.; "His two singles gave the team the victory" |
| ~ establish, give | bring about.; "The trompe l'oeil-illusion establishes depth" |
| v. (possession) | 8. cede, concede, grant, yield | give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another. |
| ~ give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody.; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" |
| v. (stative) | 9. relent, soften, yield | give in, as to influence or pressure. |
| ~ truckle | yield to out of weakness. |
| v. (motion) | 10. ease up, give, give way, move over, yield | move in order to make room for someone for something.; "The park gave way to a supermarket"; "`Move over,' he told the crowd" |
| ~ abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| v. (creation) | 11. give, yield | cause to happen or be responsible for.; "His two singles gave the team the victory" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ generate, yield, render, give, return | give or supply.; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family" |
| v. (communication) | 12. concede, grant, yield | be willing to concede.; "I grant you this much" |
| ~ agree, concur, concord, hold | be in accord; be in agreement.; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life is sacred"; "Both philosophers concord on this point" |
| ~ forgive | stop blaming or grant forgiveness.; "I forgave him his infidelity"; "She cannot forgive him for forgetting her birthday" |
| v. (stative) | 13. succumb, yield | be fatally overwhelmed. |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| v. (possession) | 14. bear, pay, yield | bring in.; "interest-bearing accounts"; "How much does this savings certificate pay annually?" |
| ~ investment funds, investment | money that is invested with an expectation of profit. |
| ~ earn, realise, bring in, pull in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear | earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages.; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" |
| ~ net, clear | yield as a net profit.; "This sale netted me $1 million" |
| ~ pay off | yield a profit or result.; "His efforts finally paid off" |
| v. (contact) | 15. give, yield | be flexible under stress of physical force.; "This material doesn't give" |
| ~ stretch | become longer by being stretched and pulled.; "The fabric stretches" |
| v. (competition) | 16. yield | cease opposition; stop fighting. |
| ~ surrender, give up | give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another.; "The last Taleban fighters finally surrendered" |
| ~ fall | be captured.; "The cities fell to the enemy" |
| v. (communication) | 17. buckle under, give in, knuckle under, succumb, yield | consent reluctantly. |
| ~ consent, go for, accept | give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to.; "I cannot accept your invitation"; "I go for this resolution" |
| ~ accede, give in, bow, defer, submit | yield to another's wish or opinion.; "The government bowed to the military pressure" |
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