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Representation   /rˌɛprəzɛntˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Representation

noun
1.
A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image.  Synonyms: internal representation, mental representation.
2.
A creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something.
3.
The act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf.
4.
The state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent.  Synonyms: agency, delegacy.
5.
A body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency.
6.
A factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract.
7.
A performance of a play.  Synonyms: histrionics, theatrical, theatrical performance.
8.
A statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting.
9.
The right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body.
10.
An activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent.



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"Representation" Quotes from Famous Books



... shall have no worthy architecture until every building is made an exquisitely sincere representation of its deepest purpose—a symbol, as it were, of its indwelling meaning. I should think it would be very difficult to design a lunatic asylum on that basis, but I didn't dare say so, as the idea seemed to present no incongruities ...
— A Cathedral Courtship • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... the Italian, I have found the representation of the feminine rimes, so frequent in that language, ...
— Rampolli • George MacDonald
... whether you are not at liberty now to consider the expediency of doing away with it altogether, in order to relieve the country from the inconveniences to which I have already adverted? I would ask your Lordships, whether you are not called upon to review the state of the representation of Ireland,—whether you are not called upon to see, even supposing that the principle were a permanent one, if it be fit that Parliament should remain, as it has remained for some time, groaning under Popish influence exercised ...
— Maxims And Opinions Of Field-Marshal His Grace The Duke Of Wellington, Selected From His Writings And Speeches During A Public Life Of More Than Half A Century • Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
... best spiritual representation; no interment, baptism, or any sacred ceremony is thought of without lamp or taper, greatly exceeding what takes place in the ...
— A Journey in Russia in 1858 • Robert Heywood
... most attractive feature in the eyes of beholders was its life-like representation of the human ...
— Six Centuries of Painting • Randall Davies


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