REPRESENT

Take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to

Example: "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an `h' in greek stands for an `s' in latin"

• correspond  15
• stand for

Express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol

Example: "What does the statue of liberty symbolize?"

• stand for
• symbolise  16
• symbolize  25
• typify  17

• intend  7
• mean  6

• be  4
• embody  14
• personify  17
• epitomise  13
• • epitomize  22
  • typify  17
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Be representative or typical for

Example: "This period is represented by beethoven"

• be  4

• instantiate  11
• speak for

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

Example: "I represent the silent majority"

Serve as a means of expressing something

Example: "The flower represents a young girl"

• express  16
• give tongue to
• utter  5
• verbalise  14
• verbalize  23

• belie  7
• misrepresent  16
• dramatise  12
• dramatize  21
• • portray  12
  • embody  14
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Be typical of

Example: "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"

• exemplify  26

Form or compose

Example: "This money is my only income"

• be  4
• comprise  14
• constitute  12

• make  10
• compose  13
• constitute  12
• form  9
• • make  10
  • range  6
  • straddle  10
  • fall into
  • fall under
  • pose  6
  • present  9
  • supplement  16
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Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial

Example: "Ms. smith will represent the defendant"

• defend  11

Create an image or likeness of

Example: "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"

• interpret  11

• re-create
• recreate  10

• carnalize  20
• sensualize  19
• silhouette  13
• animalise  11
• • animalize  20
  • profile  12
  • paint  7
  • capture  11
  • depict  11
  • picture  11
  • render  7
  • show  10
  • conventionalize  29
  • stylise  10
  • stylize  19
  • map  7
  • depict  11
  • limn  6
  • portray  12
  • portray  12
  • present  9
  • draw  8
  • model  8
  • chart  10
  • graph  11
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Play a role or part

Example: "Gielgud played hamlet"

• act  5
• play  9

• re-create
• recreate  10

• make  10
• pretend  10
• support  11
• act out
• • enact  7
  • reenact  9
  • act out
  • impersonate  15
  • portray  12
  • parody  12
  • emote  7
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Perform (a play), especially on a stage

Example: "We are going to stage `othello'"

• present  9
• stage  6

• re-create
• recreate  10

• localise  10
• localize  19
• place  9
• set  3

Describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality

Example: "He represented this book as an example of the russian 19th century novel"

• depict  11
• describe  13
• draw  8

• symbolise  16
• symbolize  25
• actualise  11
• actualize  20

Point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance

Example: "Our parents represented to us the need for more caution"

Bring forward and present to the mind

Example: "We presented the arguments to him"

• lay out
• present  9

• say  6
• state  5
• tell  4

• argue  6
• reason  6
• argue  6
• indicate  11
• • spin  6
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To establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)

• map  7