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as in depiction
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Thesaurus Definition of representation

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illustration
resemblance
delineation
finger painting
hieroglyphic

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representational

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“Representation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/representation. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.

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Representation, illustration.

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verb as in present image of; symbolize

Strongest matches

Strong matches

impersonate

Weak matches

act as broker
act in place of
assume the role of
be agent for
be attorney for
be proxy for
correspond to
do business for
emblematize
hold office
play the part

verb as in depict, show

run through

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Example sentences.

A second round of more than 30 grants is in the works, representing over $2 million more.

Heliocene represents the moment when another life form figured out a way to tap into the potential of the sun, and adopts a name for our epoch that better centers humans within the spheres that hold us.

The suit was filed by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press attorneys, who are representing the Blade in the case.

He said the city manager invited him to be on a review panel in October to represent the LGBTQ community in Oceanside but hasn’t heard back on details.

Each column represents a different castle, while each row is a strategy, with the strongest performers on top and the weakest on the bottom.

More to the point, Huckabee has a natural appeal to a party that has come to represent the bulk of working class white voters.

Republicans loathe public sector unions—unless they represent cops or firefighters.

This year will represent the 20th anniversary of the first Running of the Santas.

For example, 51 percent of North Carolinians voted that year for a Democrat to represent them in Congress.

In their elitism and sense of entitlement, they represent much of what liberals are supposed to despise.

Little girls perhaps represent the attractive function of adornment: they like to be thought pretty.

A child's attempt to represent a man appears commonly to begin by drawing a sort of circle for the front view of the head.

The arrows represent the flow of money from each of these four categories to the others.

In the diagram the horizontal arrows represent such mere banking operations, not true circulation.

On the other hand, the arrows along the sides of the triangle represent actual circulation.

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verb as in entertain by playing a role