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What (who) is over-represent - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Represent (disambiguation)
over-represent
¦ verb include a disproportionately large number of (a particular category).
?(be over-represented) form a disproportionately large percentage.
Derivatives
over-representation noun
represent
v. 1) to act as the agent for another. 2) to act as a client's attorney. 3) to state something as a fact, such as "I tell you this horse is only four years old." 4) to allege a fact in court, as "I represent to the court that we will present six witnesses," "We represent that this is the final contract between the parties."
See also: representation
represent
v.
1) ('to depict') to represent graphically
2) (B) ('to be the equivalent of') this room represented home to them
3) (esp. BE) (B) ('to convey') to represent one's grievances to the authorities
4) (d; tr.) ('to depict') to represent as (she was represented as a hero)
Wikipedia
Represent
Represent may refer to:
- Represent (Compton's Most Wanted album) or the title song, 2000
- Represent (Fat Joe album), 1993
- Represent, an album by DJ Magic Mike, 1994
- "Represent" (song), by Nas, 1994
- "Represent", a song by the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus from Lonely Road, 2009
- "Represent", a song by Weezer, 2010
Examples of use of over-represent
1. "They tend to over–represent the top social classes and under–represent poorer and rural voters.
2. This "spoils mentality" is too often reinforced by electoral systems that favor legislative candidacy via party slate and over–represent rural areas –– politicians owe too much allegiance to the party structure and not enough to constituents; entrenched anti–reform opponents are granted too large a voice in policy–making.