represent
verb (used with object)
to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize.
represented
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past participleof represent.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof represent.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
representverb (used with object)to serve to express, designate, stand for, or denote, as a word, symbol, or the like does; symbolize.
Example Sentences
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The health of the companies represented by IG Metall differs widely.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2026
Notably, Thursday’s selloff spread beyond tech, marking the first time in months that every sector represented in the S&P 500 index declined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
For many Australians, David Jones - and its trademark black-and-white houndstooth design - represented luxury.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Galindo and her fellow members of Eastside Padres Contra la Privatización, a group created to help residents affected by the Lineage warehouse fire, felt that Raman represented a new, better way.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
In modern translations these words are often represented by the word ‘discovery’, but this obscures the fact that in 1492 ‘discovery’ was not an established concept.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
