12 example sentences using represent.
Represent used in a sentence
Represent in a sentence as a verb
We should all be outraged by this because it clearly doesn't represent the interest of the people.
We really care about how our graphs look, because graphs represent information.
The index field does, as the article inferred, represent our best guess at a ranking function on these first degree objects.
This is a clear case where we see the idea that governments should represent the will of their citizens break down completely.
But the claims of the class representatives have to be typical of the claims of the others, meaning that they are small claims as well.
Enterprises represent a huge market to be served by well designed/functional applications.
I pretty much stay away from any thread involving Google directly as I don't want anything I say to be misconstrued as representing the company's view.
For the opening shot of Armageddon with the astroid hitting earth I used 20,000 point lights to represent secondary debris reentering the atmosphere.
Thus, the class action vehicle requires that one or more "class representatives" appear in the action as named plaintiffs to represent the innumerable small claimants.
I asked a straightforward question about whether an app that can't be used to create a spreadsheet should be considered a spreadsheet app, and because of that I "represent one of the worst forces at work in the world.
* You want to keep in mind that breaks in cryptosystems represent new knowledge, and that the enterprise of breaking cryptosystems is an issue distinct from the public policy concern of where NSA is allowed to deploy those breaks.
So every month or so when another "programmers don't need to know math" article comes out, usually written by a web programmer, I have an impulse to represent the other side of the divide, but I usually find so many misconceptions and poor assumptions in the original article that I conclude it's too much work.
Represent definitions
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"
See also: correspond
express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?"
be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven"
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"
serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"
be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue"
See also: exemplify
form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army"
See also: constitute comprise
be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"
See also: defend
create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
See also: interpret
play a role or part; "Gielgud played Hamlet"; "She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role"; "She played the servant to her husband's master"
See also: play
perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'"
describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"
point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution"
bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
See also: present
to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)