Betekenis van represent In het Nederlands

• 0 to speak, act, or be present officially for another person or people:

  • They chose a famous barrister to represent them in court.

  • Union officials representing the teachers met the government today.

  • I sent my husband to represent me at the funeral.

  • Women were well/poorly represented at the conference (= there were many/few present).

  • Ed Smythe represents Barnet.

  • She was chosen to represent France at the Olympics.

  • We represented our grievances/demands to the boss.

• 1 to show or describe something or someone:

  • [ + -ing verb ] The statue represents St. George killing the dragon.

  • This new report represents the current situation in our schools.

  • He represents himself as an expert, but he knows nothing.

  • To many people the White House represents the identity of the United States.

• 2 to be the result of something, or to be something:

  • This book represents ten years of thought and research.

  • The new offer represented an increase of 10 percent on the previous one.

• 3 to speak, act, or be present officially for a person or group:

  • His law firm is representing a dozen of the families involved in that disaster.

• 4 to show or describe something, or to be a sign or symbol of something:

  • The memorial represents the sacrifice of men and women who gave their lives in war.

• 5 to be the result of something, or to be something:

  • This represents years of work.

  • China and India represent 40% of the world’s population.

• 6 to speak for a person, organization, etc.:

  • A delegation was in Japan last week to represent the industry in high-level trade talks.

  • The union does not represent temporary workers.

  • represent sb's interests/views We need an organisation to represent the interests of the whole workforce.

• 7 to defend someone in a court of law:

  • He's an eminent tax lawyer and has represented several top companies in high-profile cases.

• 8 to be something or to be equal to something:

  • This sum of money represents a large percentage of our working capital.

  • The removal of trade barriers represents an important market opportunity for this organisation.

• 9 if a part of a picture or drawing represents something, it shows a particular piece of information:

  • Each line in the diagram represents a business relationship.