point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution"
describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"
serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"
create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
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; "I represent the silent majority"
be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven"
take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin"
the unlimited expanse in which everything is located; "they tested his ability to locate objects in space"; "the boundless regions of the infinite"
a blank area; "write your name in the space provided"
a blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"
one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff; "the spaces are the notes F-A-C-E"
an area reserved for some particular purpose; "the laboratory's floor space"
an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things); "the architect left space in front of the building"; "they stopped at an open space in the jungle"; "the space between his teeth"
place at intervals; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates"
(psychology) the aggregate of the responses or reactions or movements made by an organism in any situation
the action or reaction of something (as a machine or substance) under specified circumstances; "the behavior of small particles can be studied in experiments"