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to point out the chief quality or qualities of an individual or group
- the writer of the magazine article represented the students at the academy as a bunch of spoiled brats
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to present a picture of
- a painting representing the ocean at sunrise
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3
to serve as a material counterpart of
- this orange represents the sun and this pea represents the Earth
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The first known use of represent was in the 14th century
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