Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)represent, stand for, correspondtake 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” (v)representbe representative or typical for“This period is represented by Beethoven” (v)representbe 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” (v)representserve as a means of expressing something“The flower represents a young girl” (v)exemplify, representbe typical of“This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue” (v)constitute, represent, make up, comprise, beform or compose“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” (v)defend, representbe the defense counsel for someone in a trial“Ms. Smith will represent the defendant” (v)represent, interpretcreate an image or likeness of“The painter represented his wife as a young girl” (v)act, play, representplay a role or part“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” (v)representdescribe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality“He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel” (v)representpoint out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance“our parents represented to us the need for more caution” (v)present, represent, lay outbring forward and present to the mind“We presented the arguments to him”,
“We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason” (v)map, representto establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)