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represent
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of REPRESENT
1
to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group <the writer of the magazine article represented the students at the academy as a bunch of spoiled brats>
Related Words categorize, classify, pigeonhole, type; color, identify, indicate, name, specify; distinguish, individualize, mark, particularize, stamp
2
to present a picture of <a painting representing the ocean at sunrise>
Related Words delineate, describe, document, render; outline, silhouette, sketch; illustrate, show; diagram; caricature
3
to serve as a material counterpart of <this orange represents the sun and this pea represents the Earth>
Synonyms emblematize, represent
Related Words body, embody, epitomize, incarnate, manifest, materialize, objectify, personalize, personify; exemplify, illustrate
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