Definitions for representation
representation
rep·re·sen·ta·tion
Spelling: [rep-ri-zen-tey-shuh n, -zuh n-]
IPA: /ˌrɛp rɪ zɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -zən-/
Representation is a 14 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.
You can make 2156 anagrams from letters in representation (aeeeinnoprrstt).
Definitions for representation
noun
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the act of representing.
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the state of being represented.
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the expression or designation by some term, character, symbol, or the like.
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action or speech on behalf of a person, group, business house, state, or the like by an agent, deputy, or representative.
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the state or fact of being so represented:
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Government. the state, fact, or right of being represented by delegates having a voice in legislation or government.
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the body or number of representatives, as of a constituency.
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Diplomacy.
the act of speaking or negotiating on behalf of a state.
an utterance on behalf of a state.
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presentation to the mind, as of an idea or image.
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a mental image or idea so presented; concept.
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the act of portrayal, picturing, or other rendering in visible form.
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a picture, figure, statue, etc.
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the production or a performance of a play or the like, as on the stage.
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Often, representations. a description or statement, as of things true or alleged.
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a statement of facts, reasons, etc., made in appealing or protesting; a protest or remonstrance.
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Law. an implication or statement of fact to which legal liability may attach if material:
Origin of representation
1375-1425; late Middle English representacion Latin repraesentātiōn- (stem of repraesentātiō), equivalent to repraesentāt(us) (past participle of repraesentāre to re
Examples for representation
With all that said, representation of each of these respective communities has increased in the new Congress.
The representation is one of the Sun-God Dionysos upon a cross.
The first of them ends with his retirement from the representation of Newark.
There is something gentle, as well as effectual, in the representation.
But Hollywood still is stalling when it was comes to LGBT representation in film.
A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three.
The show, Bell Hooks argued in Black Looks: Race and representation, “represents wom[e]n as the object of a phallocentric gaze.”
The big screen offered more vistas of representation than TV at that moment.
The price these supposedly heroic battalion commanders demanded for their combat roles is representation in parliament.
The story of Mary and her family illustrates this representation.