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| 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" |
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