what does represent mean?
REPRESENT as VERB
- Meaning
- to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
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Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- bring forward and present to the mind
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- We presented the arguments to him
- We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason
Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance
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- our parents represented to us the need for more caution
Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- express indirectly by an image, form, or model
- be a symbol
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- What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?
Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality
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- He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel
Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- serve as a means of expressing something
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- The flower represents a young girl
Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- create an image or likeness of
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- The painter represented his wife as a young girl
Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- perform (a play), especially on a stage
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- we are going to stage `Othello”
Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Gielgud played Hamlet
- She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role
- She played the servant to her husband’’s master
Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- be a delegate or spokesperson for
- represent somebody’’s interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute
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Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- be representative or typical for
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- This period is represented by Beethoven
Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
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- Ms. Smith will represent the defendant
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- This money is my only income
- The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance
- These constitute my entire belonging
- The children made up the chorus
- This sum represents my entire income for a year
- These few men comprise h
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- Meaning
- take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to
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- Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an ”h” in Greek stands for an ‘’s” in Latin
Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue
Hypernyms(s) represent is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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