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 …

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 …

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

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 …

If someone such as a lawyer or a politician represents a person or group of people, they act on behalf of that person or group. ...the politicians we elect to represent us. [VERB noun] The offer has yet to be …

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. …

Definition of represent verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [often passive] represent somebody/something to be a member of a group of people and act or speak for them at an event, a …

Feb 13, 2026 · (transitive) 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. a landscape can be represented in a picture. …

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 …

• I wanted to spend my whole life representing these guys. • Over the course of the preoperational stage, children increasingly attempt to represent things through drawings and their efforts become …