0 present participle of represent
1 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.
2 to show or describe something or someone:
3 to be the result of something, or to be something:
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.
