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 …

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 …

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.

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

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

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. …

Present participle of represent. There was one beneath each statue representing a continent. I don't like operating that way - or representing a company that does. Her eyes rested on the figure of a girl …

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

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

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 …