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Representation   /rˌɛprəzɛntˈeɪʃən/   Listen
noun
Representation  n.  
1.
The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
2.
That which represents. Specifically:
(a)
A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like.
(b)
A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet.
(c)
A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate.
(d)
The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress.
(e)
(Insurance Law) Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.
3.
The state of being represented.
Synonyms: Description; show; delineaton; portraiture; likeness; resemblance; exhibition; sight.





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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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