represent
part of speech
verb (represent, represents, represented, representing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To stand for or be a sign or symbol of something: a red cross represents first aid. tree →
2) To speak or act for a person or group: She represents our class on the council. tree →
3) To show or picture something in a drawing, model or chart. tree →
4) To be the same as or amount to: this represents a big change. tree →
5) To represent can also mean to act the part of someone in a play. tree →
sense in the lessons
In maths, letters and symbols represent numbers (x represents the unknown), and bar charts represent data. In geography, a symbol on a map represents a church. In citizenship and sport, people represent their country. Phrases: represent your country, represent the data.
examples
- On the map, a blue line represents a river. tree →
- Let x represent the number of apples. tree →
- Each picture in the pictogram represents 5 children. tree →
- She will represent Ireland at the Olympics. tree →
- Draw a bar chart to represent the results. tree →
- The dove represents peace. tree →
- They shall represent the unwelcome wooer, whom the lady does not like. tree →
note
Regular verb: represented. Nouns: representation, representative. Maths: in a pictogram, if one symbol represents 5, then 4 symbols represent 20; half a symbol represents 2.5.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «represent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.