represent
Definitions
General English
- verb to speak or act on behalf of someone or of a group of people
General Science
- verb to speak or act on behalf of others
Aviation
- verb to indicate or to show, using signs or symbols
Banking
- verb to work for a company, showing goods or services to possible buyers
Law
Politics
- verb to be the elected representative of an area in parliament or on a council
Publishing
- verb to act as a symbol for something
Slang
- verb to perform or behave creditably. It is often in the form of an exhortation on the lines of ‘well done’, ‘keep up the good work’. It is said to be inspired by phrases such as ‘you are a fine representative of your family/group/race’. The term was popular in UK hip hop and R ’n’ B circles from 1999.
Travel
- verb to sell goods or a service on behalf of someone
Origin & History of “represent”
English borrowed
represent from Latin
repraesentāre,
which meant ‘present
again,
bring back’, hence ‘show’. It was a
compound verb formed from the prefix
re- ‘back, again’ and
praesentāre,
source of English
present. The notion of ‘standing in the
place of another’ is a
post-classical development.
