representation
- noun
- /ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən/
- Our breasts are a representation of our whole body health.
- a visual representation
- a graphical representation
- a symbolic representation
Is that an accurate representation of your feelings?
- Is that an accurate representation of your feelings?
- And for me, this is a representation of being myself.
- That's a particular representation of him, his politics.
- This is a representation of real two year yields.
- Are you saying what is a real representation or is that a stereotype?
- Here's a little visual representation for you per diagonal inch.
- But I love the representation for all my LGBTQ plus friends.
Examples
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It looks like a perfect representation of the MX Ink.
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Beyond that, the material is a representation of the immaterial.
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I feel like your clothes are a clear representation of who you are.
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And for me, this is a representation of being myself.
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Is that an accurate representation of your feelings?
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Students' writing experiences should reflect a realistic representation of the current literacy world.
Academic text (2012) -
We definitely internalize the representations of women on screen when we're young girls.
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They're all real, and true-to-life representations of these amazing people.
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The new tests call for readers to construct a cohesive representation of the text's meaning.
Academic text (2013) -
The artist created a stunning representation of the city skyline at sunset.
Synonyms
A picture showing a person or thing
A picture that represents a person, thing, or idea
A picture or graphic that explains something
A picture in a book that helps explain or decorate the text
An act of showing someone or something in a certain way
A person or thing that shows an idea, quality and feeling
A picture or other image that shows what something looked like
A picture or statue made to show how a person looked
A picture or computer image that shows how a building will look
A picture or statue that shows what a person looks like
A visible thing like a flag that stands for an idea you cannot see
A picture that shows something, like a scene or object
A clear, simple example that helps you see an idea that is hard to imagine
An image like a photo that shows a person, place, or thing
Showing an idea using pictures or symbols in art and writing
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A way of choosing members of a parliament so parties get seats that match their number of votes
A clear, simple example that helps you see an idea that is hard to imagine
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An idea in your mind that stands for something you remember or imagine
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A way to show numbers where the decimal point stays in the same place
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A way computers write numbers with decimals using a power to show the decimal point position
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A computer model's learned pattern that shows important parts of its input used for tasks
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A way of writing numbers using symbols and rules like decimal or binary
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A way of writing numbers where each digit's value depends on its place
How Realistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Representation comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and praesentare 'to make present', the same root you see in present. So a visual representation is a way to 'make something present' again for people to see, like a picture or model that stands for the real thing.