represented

«represented» in Mova's school dictionary: Stood for or was a symbol of something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb, past of represent

meaning for a pupil

1) Stood for or was a symbol of something. tree →

2) Spoke or acted for a person or group. tree →

3) Was shown in a picture, chart or model. tree →

4) Amounted to: this represented half the total. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths word problems, «each star represented 10 votes» tells the scale. In history, he represented his town in parliament. Phrases: is represented by, well represented.

examples

• Each star represented 10 votes. tree →
• He represented his school at the swimming gala. tree →
• The number of cats is represented by x. tree →
• In the painting, the river is represented in blue. tree →
• The boys represented half of the class. tree →
• Many countries were represented at the games. tree →
• This goddess of Fortune is variously represented. tree →

note

Regular past form. Maths: «is represented by» tells you what a symbol or letter stands for; use it to find totals (count symbols × value).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «represented» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.