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Exact Match:

represent

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"

Synonyms:

• act a part,
• act between,
• act for,
• act out,
• affect,
• answer for,
• appear for,
• arbitrate,
• assert,
• back up,
• bargain,
• betoken,
• body forth,
• brandish,
• breathe,
• bring forth,
• bring forward,
• bring into view,
• bring out,
• bring to life,
• bring to notice,
• call to mind,
• call up,
• catch a likeness,
• change places with,
• character,
• characterize,
• chart,
• commission,
• conjure up,
• copy,
• create a role,
• crowd out,
• cut out,
• dangle,
• define,
• delineate,
• demonstrate,
• denote,
• depict,
• deputize,
• describe,
• develop,
• diagram,
• disclose,
• displace,
• display,
• divulge,
• double for,
• draft,
• dramatize,
• draw,
• emblematize,
• embody,
• enact,
• envisage,
• envision,
• epitomize,
• evidence,
• evince,
• evoke,
• exemplify,
• exhibit,
• expose to view,
• express,
• fill in for,
• flaunt,
• flourish,
• front for,
• ghost,
• ghostwrite,
• give sign,
• give token,
• give words to,
• go between,
• highlight,
• hint,
• hit off,
• illuminate,
• illustrate,
• image,
• imitate,
• impersonate,
• incarnate,
• indicate,
• intercede,
• intermediate,
• interpose,
• interpret,
• intervene,
• judge,
• just see,
• limn,
• make clear,
• make plain,
• make terms,
• manifest,
• map,
• masquerade as,
• materialize,
• mean,
• mediate,
• meet halfway,
• mimic,
• mirror,
• moderate,
• narrate,
• negotiate,
• notate,
• note,
• objectify,
• outline,
• paint,
• parade,
• perform,
• personalize,
• personate,
• personify,
• picture,
• picturize,
• pinch-hit,
• pinch-hit for,
• play a part,
• play a role,
• play opposite,
• portray,
• pose as,
• present,
• pretend,
• pretend to be,
• print,
• produce,
• put forth,
• realize,
• referee,
• reflect,
• register,
• relate,
• relieve,
• render,
• replace,
• report,
• reproduce,
• reveal,
• roll out,
• rub,
• schematize,
• see,
• set forth,
• show,
• show forth,
• signify,
• sketch,
• speak for,
• spell,
• spell off,
• spotlight,
• stand for,
• stand in for,
• state,
• step in,
• subrogate,
• substitute,
• substitute for,
• succeed,
• suggest,
• summon up,
• supersede,
• supplant,
• support,
• sustain a part,
• swap places with,
• symbolize,
• take a part,
• take a rubbing,
• token,
• trace,
• trace out,
• trace over,
• treat with,
• trot out,
• typify,
• umpire,
• understudy,
• understudy for,
• unfold,
• vision,
• visualize,
• wave,
• write