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/ˌreprɪˈzent/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | represent |
| he/she/it | represents |
| present participle | representing |
| past tense | represented |
| past participle | represented |
- 1[transitive] to speak or act officially for another person, group, or organization
Ambassador Albright will represent the United States at the ceremony.
a group that represents the interests of the workers in the steel industry
- a.to be the elected representative of a particular area in a parliament or similar institution
At that time Mr Ishihara represented the Shinagawa district of Tokyo.
- 7[transitive] to describe someone or something in a particular way, especially when this influences other people’s opinions
His novels have been criticized for the negative way in which they represent women.
represent someone/something as something:The film represented Kennedy’s assassination as a government conspiracy.
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be represented
if a particular group, organization etc is represented somewhere, someone from that group is thereAll five countries will be represented at the summit.
be well/poorly represented:Works by younger artists are well represented in the show.
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