Middle English, from Anglo-French representer, from Latin repraesentare, from re- + praesentare to present. 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 6a (1) 1564, in the meaning defined …

REPRESENTING definition: 1. present participle of represent 2. to speak, act, or be present officially for another person or…. Learn more.

REPRESENT definition: to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize. See examples of represent used in a sentence.

rep•re•sent /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt/ v. symbolize:[~ + object] In this story the black bird represents evil. to express or designate by some symbol, character, or the like:[~ + object] to represent musical sounds by notes. …

1. to stand as an equivalent of; correspond to: our tent represents home to us when we go camping. 3. to act as or be the authorized delegate or agent for (a person, country, etc): an MP represents his …

Definition of represent verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

REPRESENTING definition: to stand as an equivalent of; correspond to | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English

The politician was angry with the newspaper for representing [= portraying] his party negatively.

Use the word represent when something stands in for something else — whether it's your congressman representing your interests in Washington or the thimble that represents you as it makes its way …

Synonyms for REPRESENTING: describing, characterizing, portraying, depicting, defining, identifying, charactering, classifying, indicating, categorizing