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represent
English
Etymology 1
From Old French représenter, from Latin repraesent?.
Alternative forms
- repræsent (archaic)
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /??p.??.?z?nt/
Verb
represent (third-person singular simple present represents, present participle representing, simple past and past participle represented)
- (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
- (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate
- (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
- Synonym: play
- (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
- (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
- (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
- (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
- (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of
- (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
- (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
- (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
- (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member
- (intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.
- 1999, Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg, Still D.R.E.
- I'm representing for the gangsters all across the world.
- Still hitting them corners in them low lows girl.
- 1999, Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg, Still D.R.E.
Synonyms
- (to constitute): form, make up; see also Thesaurus:compose
Derived terms
- under-represent, underrepresent
Related terms
- representability
- representable
- representation
- representative
Translations
Etymology 2
re- +? present.
Alternative forms
- re-present
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i(?).p??.?z?nt/
Verb
represent (third-person singular simple present represents, present participle representing, simple past and past participle represented)
- (medicine) To present again, for instance for medical attention.
Related terms
- representation
Further reading
- represent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- represent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- represent at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- presenter, repenters
represent From the web:
- what represents a function
- what represents strength
- what represents me
- what represents freedom
- what represents family
- what represents life
- what represents virgo
- what represents death
explain
English
Etymology
From Middle English explanen, from Old French explaner, from Latin explan? (“I flatten, spread out, make plain or clear, explain”), from ex- (“out”) + plan? (“I flatten, make level”), from planus (“level, plain”); see plain and plane. Compare esplanade, splanade. Displaced Old English ?ere??an.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?sple?n/, /?k?sple?n/
- Rhymes: -e?n
Verb
explain (third-person singular simple present explains, present participle explaining, simple past and past participle explained)
- To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
- To give a valid excuse for past behavior.
- (obsolete) To make flat, smooth out.
- (obsolete) To unfold or make visible.
- April 14, 1684, John Evelyn, a letter sent to the Royal Society concerning the damage done to his gardens by the preceding winter
- The horse-chestnut is […] ready to explain its leaf.
- April 14, 1684, John Evelyn, a letter sent to the Royal Society concerning the damage done to his gardens by the preceding winter
- (intransitive) To make something plain or intelligible.
Synonyms
- (give a sufficiently detailed report): expound, elaborate, recce
Derived terms
- afore-explained
- explain away
- explainer
- mansplain
- please explain
- -splain
Related terms
- explanation
- explanatory
Translations
Further reading
- explain in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- explain in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- explain at OneLook Dictionary Search
explain From the web:
- what explains the shape of a demand curve
- what explains why the constitution was written
- what explains why the renaissance began in italy
- what explains how the particles in gases behave
- what explains the similarities in the pacific cultures
- what explains the existence of analogous structures
- what is the shape of demand curve
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