representation
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4.5
- noun
- /ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən/
- UK
:
representación
- During the festival, there was a stunning representation of local cultural tales performed by the town's theater group.
- a theatrical representation
- representations and performances
Examples
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What Falcon portrays on the stage must be interpreted as a representation of society as she views it.
Academic text (1997) -
Millet's representation of class strife on a large-scale farm was thus uniquely modern in the 1850s.
Academic text (2003) -
"Beautiful, dramatic black and white representations of love and passion, loneliness and pain, and union."
Fiction book (1995) -
There is a whole take on the trials of representation dramatized in this very, very comical scene.
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Brecht always underlined the boundary between society and theatrical representation in the context of the theater itself.
Academic text (2002) -
The director organized a grand representation of the classic play that captivated the audience.
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The charity event featured a live representation of Shakespeare's works, bringing the story to life on stage.
Synonyms
539
2.7
A live show of a play, concert, or dance for an audience
156
3.7
A performance of a play, film, or show for an audience
34
6.6
A way of performing a song, play or poem
10
4.3
Presenting a play with choices about sets, lights, and actors
2
3.7
Putting on a play in a theatre with actors, sets, and lights
1
3.5
An event where actors act a play for an audience
1
3.7
A staged play that actors perform live for an audience
1
6.0
A performance of a character on stage
1
3.8
An event where people put on a play with actors, a director, and stage sets
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
4
5.3
A way of choosing members of a parliament so parties get seats that match their number of votes
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4.4
A clear, simple example that helps you see an idea that is hard to imagine
- Specialized
1
6.7
An idea in your mind that stands for something you remember or imagine
- Specialized
A way to show numbers where the decimal point stays in the same place
- Specialized
A way computers write numbers with decimals using a power to show the decimal point position
- Specialized
A computer model's learned pattern that shows important parts of its input used for tasks
- Specialized
A way of writing numbers using symbols and rules like decimal or binary
- Specialized
A way of writing numbers where each digit's value depends on its place
How Elaborate
68
4.2
156
3.7
- UK
3
4.5
539
2.7
- Literature
121
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Representation comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and praesentare 'to make present', like the word presentation. So a theatrical representation is a way to 'make a story present' to an audience—a public showing of a play.