English Explanatory Dictionary

representation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. That which represents something else.
  2. The act of representing.
  3. The appearance(s) of a particular demographic group in a piece of media, particularly in regards to how such appearances are treated.
  4. The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
  5. The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
  6. An action of some algebraic structure (typically a group or algebra, particularly a Lie algebra) on a vector space, such that each element acts by a linear endomorphism.
  7. A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
  8. A theatrical performance.
  9. A statement; a presentation of opinion or position, or an utterance made to influence the opinions or actions of others
noun
  1. An act of representing, i.e. presenting again.

Pronunciation

/ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/ En-us-representation.ogg /ˌɹiː.pɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/

Word forms

representation representations repræsentation re-presentation

Etymology

From Late Middle English representacioun, from Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentātiō. By surface analysis, represent + -ation.

Synonyms

likeness

Related words

represent representable representamen representant

Derived words

corepresentation faithful representation group representation constituency lodge solemn representation metarepresentation microrepresentation misrepresentation multirepresentation nonrepresentation overrepresentation proportional representation pseudorepresentation representational representationary representationism representationist representationless representation space representation term representation theorist representation theory ribbon representation somatorepresentation Stone's representation theorem subrepresentation time-frequency representation under-representation underrepresentation unrepresentation
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