to represent
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2.6
- verb
- /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt/
:
presentar
- The teacher used a diagram to represent how the water cycle works.
- represent the views
- necessarily represent
- accurately represent
Now, how else can we represent this vector?
- Now, how else can we represent this vector?
- That's not going to represent what people actually want.
- And I think that what the sexual revolution represents is not progress.
- But it, no, it didn't represent the shift in my interests.
- And to me, the rainforests represent the crown jewel of that.
- And basically, it does represent what you just said.
- I feel like I've never seen Brazilian culture represented in this way on screen.
- I mean a story that in some way represents your way of looking at the world.
- Now that represents, in my view, moral corruption.
- But the idea doesn't represent the reality.
- So that painting basically represents a life changing event.
- In those times, people had huge interest in representing what they saw.
- By and large, I don't think these works really represent him.
- That what he did and represents is so extraordinary.
Examples
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It's important to me because it represents a process.
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This line represents my cut line around this.
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This is just a way to represent it, OK?
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And basically, it does represent what you just said.
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I mean a story that in some way represents your way of looking at the world.
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It's theirs and it will accurately represent who they were, not who I am.
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Although identifying angles is part of the content standard, this work represents only a partial match.
Academic text (2013) -
A key stage in his journey is thus represented by his encounter with the god Dis.
Academic text (2008) -
The evangelical claim that they represent forty percent of Americans may be greatly exaggerated.
Academic text (2015) -
The resolution's text is especially noteworthy because it represents an unusual consensus during the divisive Cold War.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
∞
2.3
To show ideas and feelings by words or actions
932
1.0
To make a picture of a person or place
301
3.5
To explain something using pictures or examples
255
3.4
To show an idea, feeling, or quality clearly
182
3.9
To describe a person or thing in words
176
3.5
To show something in a picture or in words
104
5.1
Show an idea, quality or feeling in a clear visible way
104
4.2
To show an idea or feeling with an image
69
2.5
To make an image of a person or thing
45
6.8
To show something clearly by using a real situation
27
4.4
To be a sign or symbol of something
27
6.1
To describe an idea or thing as if it were a human
22
7.3
A perfect example that shows the main qualities of something
12
5.8
Show the common features of a group or type
1
9.6
To show a general idea by giving a clear example
How Favorably
Surface Forms
Etymology
Represent comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and praesentare 'to show' and is like present. So to represent something in words is to 'show' it in a certain way or make it appear as an example.