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represent - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" |
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re-create form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind; "His mind re-creates the entire world"
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art,
artistic creation,
artistic production the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully"
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carnalize,
sensualize debase through carnal gratification
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silhouette represent by a silhouette
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animalise,
animalize represent in the form of an animal
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profile represent in profile, by drawing or painting
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paint apply paint to; coat with paint; "We painted the rooms yellow"
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capture capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"
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depict,
picture,
render,
show show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
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conventionalize,
stylise,
stylize make conventional or adapt to conventions; "conventionalized behavior"
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map to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)
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depict,
limn,
portray portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
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portray,
present portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
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draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
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mock up,
model form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay"
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chart,
graph plan in detail; "Bush is charting a course to destroy Saddam Hussein"
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represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl" |
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express,
give tongue to,
utter,
verbalise,
verbalize articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
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belie,
misrepresent represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"
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dramatise,
dramatize represent something in a dramatic manner; "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"
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portray portray in words; "The book portrays the actor as a selfish person"
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embody represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet"
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represent - 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; "I represent the silent majority" |
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serve put the ball into play; "It was Agassi's turn to serve"
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represent - be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven" |
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be spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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instantiate find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word); "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect"
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speak for be a spokesperson for; "He represents the Government's position"
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represent - describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel" |
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depict,
describe,
draw give a description of; "He drew an elaborate plan of attack"
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symbolise,
symbolize represent or identify by using a symbol; use symbols; "The poet symbolizes love in this poem"; "These painters believed that artists should symbolize"
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actualise,
actualize represent or describe realistically
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represent - take 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" |
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correspond |
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be,
equal spend or use time; "I may be an hour"
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represent - point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution" |
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point out,
remonstrate argue in protest or opposition
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