0 to speak, act, or be present officially for another person or people:
Union officials representing the teachers met the government today.
Women were well/poorly represented at the conference (= there were many/few present).
Ed Smythe represents Barnet.
We represented our grievances/demands to the boss.
1 to show or describe something or someone:
2 to be the result of something, or to be something:
3 to speak, act, or be present officially for a person or group:
4 to show or describe something, or to be a sign or symbol of something:
5 to be the result of something, or to be something:
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.
represent sb's interests/views We need an organisation to represent the interests of the whole workforce.
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.
All the local churches were represented at the memorial service.
All the nations of the world will be represented at the conference.
A group of four teachers were delegated to represent the school at the union conference.
They purport to represent the wishes of the majority of parents at the school.
A friend of the victim was subpoenaed as a witness by lawyers representing the accused.
¼ and 0.25 are different ways of representing the same fraction.
The decimal system represents numbers in terms of groups of ten.
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