Qué (quién) es Represent - definición
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Represent (disambiguation)
represent
v. a.
1.
Exhibit, show.
2.
Delineate, depict, portray, set forth, describe, exhibit, give an account of, show.
3.
Personate, take the part of, portray by action.
4.
Stand for, stand in the place of.
5.
Delineate, portray, reproduce, depict, image.
represent
¦ verb
1. be entitled or appointed to act or speak for.
be an elected Member of Parliament or member of a legislature for.
act as a substitute for (someone).
2. constitute; amount to.
be a specimen or example of; typify.
(be represented) be present to a particular degree: abstraction is well represented in this exhibition.
3. depict in a work of art.
portray in a particular way: they were represented as being in need of protection.
signify, symbolize, or embody.
4. formal state or point out.
Derivatives
representability noun
representable adjective
Origin
ME: from OFr. representer or L. repraesentare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + praesentare 'to present'.
represent
(represents, representing, represented)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
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: V n
2.
If you represent a person or group at an official event, you go there on their behalf.
The general secretary may represent the president at official ceremonies.
VERB: V n
3.
If you represent your country or town in a competition or sports event, you take part in it on behalf of the country or town where you live.
My only aim is to represent Britain at the Olympics.
VERB: V n
4.
If a group of people or things is well represented in a particular activity or in a particular place, a lot of them can be found there.
Women are already well represented in the area of TV drama...
In New Mexico all kinds of cuisines are represented.
V-PASSIVE: be adv V-ed, be V-ed
5.
If you say that something represents a change, achievement, or victory, you mean that it is a change, achievement, or victory. (FORMAL or WRITTEN)
These developments represented a major change in the established order.
V-LINK: V n
6.
If a sign or symbol represents something, it is accepted as meaning that thing.
...a black dot in the middle of the circle is supposed to represent the source of the radiation.
= symbolize
VERB: no cont, V n
7.
To represent an idea or quality means to be a symbol or an expression of that idea or quality.
We believe you represent everything British racing needs.
= embody
VERB: no cont, no passive, V n
8.
If you represent a person or thing as a particular thing, you describe them as being that thing.
The popular press tends to represent him as an environmental guru.
= portray
VERB: V n as n
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
Ejemplos de pronunciación para Represent
1. Represent.
Without Their Permission _ Alexis Ohanian _ Talks at Google
2. represent anything you might want to represent.
The Master Algorithm _ Pedro Domingos _ Talks at Google
3. Women represent
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4. Indian represent ..
Globalizing Punjabi Music _ Malkit Singh _ Talks at Google
5. represent pulses.
Stuart _ Talks at Google
Ejemplos de uso de Represent
1. "They tend to over–represent the top social classes and under–represent poorer and rural voters.
2. "He doesn‘t represent me and doesn‘t represent most working class people.
3. Yesterday‘s pool of candidates tilted toward Obama: 54 prospective delegates vied to represent the Illinois senator, 36 ran to represent Clinton and eight competed to represent Edwards.
4. "She really doesn‘t represent her district."Doing It Her Way How does Tauscher represent her district?
5. They no more represent their fellow Tajiks or Uzbeks than, say, Italian–American mobsters represent America‘s Italian community or Hispanic–American gangs represent America‘s Hispanic community – they represent no one but themselves and their gangs of cutthroats.