representation

[ rep-ri-zen-tey-shuhn, -zuhn- ]

/ ˌrɛp rɪ zɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -zən- /

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noun

the act of representing.

the state of being represented.

the expression or designation by some term, character, symbol, or the like.

action or speech on behalf of a person, group, business house, state, or the like by an agent, deputy, or representative.

the state or fact of being so represented: to demand representation on a board of directors.

Government. the state, fact, or right of being represented by delegates having a voice in legislation or government.

the body or number of representatives, as of a constituency.

Diplomacy.

the act of speaking or negotiating on behalf of a state.
an utterance on behalf of a state.

presentation to the mind, as of an idea or image.

a mental image or idea so presented; concept.

the act of portrayal, picturing, or other rendering in visible form.

a picture, figure, statue, etc.

the production or a performance of a play or the like, as on the stage.

Often representations. a description or statement, as of things true or alleged.

a statement of facts, reasons, etc., made in appealing or protesting; a protest or remonstrance.

Law. an implication or statement of fact to which legal liability may attach if material: a representation of authority.

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Origin of representation

1375–1425; late Middle English representacion<Latin repraesentātiōn- (stem of repraesentātiō), equivalent to repraesentāt(us) (past participle of repraesentāre to represent) + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM representation

non·rep·re·sen·ta·tion, nouno·ver·rep·re·sen·ta·tion, nounpre·rep·re·sen·ta·tion, nounself-rep·re·sen·ta·tion, noun

un·der·rep·re·sen·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby representation

repr., reprehend, reprehensible, reprehension, represent, representation, representational, representationalism, representative, representatives, repress

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Example sentences from the Web for representation

It was a metaphorical statement of giving and withdrawing consent for a show rooted in a literal representation of Coel being assaulted.
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The mathematically manipulated results are passed on and augmented through the stages, finally producing an integrated representation of a face.
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I hope this list—a representation of the most consequential changes taking places in our world—is similarly useful for you.
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“Given the moment we are in, I can only hope our institutions really understand what this failure of representation means to our city,” he said.
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The voters don’t want to have an elected city attorney on the, and representation said, that’s fine.
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With all that said, representation of each of these respective communities has increased in the new Congress.
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But Hollywood still is stalling when it was comes to LGBT representation in film.
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The price these supposedly heroic battalion commanders demanded for their combat roles is representation in parliament.
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The big screen offered more vistas of representation than TV at that moment.
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But thanks to work done in the 1960s and 1970s, “it is still seen as a representation of American Western ruggedness.”
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The including of them may now be referred to the object of direct taxes, and incidentally only to that representation.
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There is such a similarity in all these statues that a representation of one will suffice.
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On the bowl of the pipe, which was Ellen's Christmas gift, was a representation of a ten-kroner note.
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One was the Tree, or the representation of the divine emanations in their manifold and intricate complexities.
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Gouverneur Morris moved to make the free population alone the basis of representation.
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British Dictionary definitions for representation

representation

/ (ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən) /

noun

the act or an instance of representing or the state of being represented

anything that represents, such as a verbal or pictorial portrait

anything that is represented, such as an image brought clearly to mind

the principle by which delegates act for a constituency

a body of representatives

contract law a statement of fact made by one party to induce another to enter into a contract

an instance of acting for another, on his authority, in a particular capacity, such as executor or administrator

a dramatic production or performance

(often plural) a statement of facts, true or alleged, esp one set forth by way of remonstrance or expostulation

linguistics an analysis of a word, sentence, etc, into its constituentsphonetic representation

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