What is the meaning of represent?

verb

• Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to.
  • usage: "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"
  • synonyms: stand for, correspond
• Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol.
  • usage: "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize"
  • synonyms: typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for
• Be representative or typical for.
  • usage: "This period is represented by Beethoven"
• Be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute.
  • usage: "I represent the silent majority"
• Serve as a means of expressing something.
  • usage: "The flower represents a young girl"
• Be characteristic of.
  • usage: "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"
  • synonyms: exemplify
• Form or compose.
  • usage: "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
  • synonyms: constitute, make up, comprise, be
• Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial.
  • usage: "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"
  • synonyms: defend
• Create an image or likeness of.
  • usage: "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
  • synonyms: interpret
• Play a role or part.
  • usage: "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
  • synonyms: act, play
• Perform (a play), especially on a stage.
  • usage: "we are going to stage `Othello'"
  • synonyms: stage, present
• Describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality.
  • usage: "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"
• Point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance.
  • usage: "our parents represented to us the need for more caution"
• Bring forward and present to the mind.
  • usage: "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
  • synonyms: present, lay out
• To establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets. ).
  • synonyms: map