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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
represent/reprɪˈzent/
▶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’.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
re-present/riːprɪˈzent/
▶verb present again.
– derivatives
re-presentation noun.



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