Representation

Noun

 * 1) That which represents another.
 * 2) A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality.
 * 3) A theatrical performance.

Quotations

 * 1637: Henry Lawes, dedication to Lawes’s edition of Milton’s 1634 masque, Comus, final sentence
 * Live, ſweet Lord, to be the honour of your name, and receive this as your own, from the hands of him, who hath by many favours beene long obliged to your moﬅ honoured parents, and as in this repræſentation your attendant Thyrſis, ſo now in all reall expreſſion   Your faithfull and moﬅ humble Servant,                  H. Lawes. d

Related terms

 * represent
 * representable
 * representamen
 * representant

Adjectives for Representation
oral; adequate; easily-understood; hallucinatory; pasteboard; hearty; disproportionate; concrete; animated; distinct; substantial; graphic; definite; direct; diplomatic; countless (pi) ; urgent; decennial; striking; vigorous; symbolic; democratic; renewed; just; faithful; pictorial; mental; material; fraudulent; proportioned; august; mere; earnest; specious; tolerable; abstract; wild; conventional; mimic; dramatic; one-sided; untruthful; harmonious; factual; fictitious; softened; sensuous; ludicrous; natural; unfair; realistic; archaic.

Verbs for Representation
carve—; comprehend—; deprive of—; dress up—; mold—; rehearse—; yield to—s; —al¬ludes to; —betokens; —depicts; —describes; —designates; —enlightens; —illustrates; — indicates; —informs; —points out; —portrays; —signifies; —symbolizes; —typifies.

Thesaurus
Australian ballot, Hare system, abstract, abstraction, account, acting, affectation, agency, altarpiece, appearance, apprehension, assertion, attitudinizing, aye, badge, ballot, banner, bar, block print, bluff, bluffing, buffoonery, burlesque, business, bust, cameo, canvass, canvassing, casting vote, catalog, cataloging, certified copy, change, character, character sketch, characteristic, characterization, cheating, clone, collage, color, color print, coloring, commutation, conceit, concept, conception, copy, cosmorama, counsel, counterfeit, counterpart, counting heads, cross section, cumulative voting, cyclorama, daub, deception, deciding vote, declaration, delegation, delineation, delusion, demonstration, depiction, deposition, deputation, deputyship, description, details, device, differentia, diorama, diptych, disguise, displacement, display, dissemblance, dissembling, dissimulation, ditto, division, double, dummy, dupe, duplicate, duplication, earmark, ectype, effigy, embodiment, enactment, enfranchisement, engraving, evocation, example, exchange, exemplification, exhibit, exhibition, exponent, exposition, exposure, facade, face, facsimile, fagot vote, fair copy, faithful copy, fake, fakery, faking, false air, false front, false show, falsity, fancy, feigning, feint, figure, figurine, forgery, four-flushing, franchise, fraud, fresco, front, gag, georama, gilt, gloss, graphic account, graveyard vote, hallmark, ham, hammy acting, hand vote, head, hoke, hokum, humbug, humbuggery, icon, idea, idiosyncrasy, illumination, illustration, image, imagery, imago, imitation, impersonation, imposture, impression, index, indicant, indicator, insignia, intellectual object, itemization, keynote, knockoff, legal profession, light show, likeness, limning, list system, manifestation, mark, masquerade, measure, memory-trace, mental image, mental impression, meretriciousness, mimesis, mimicking, mimicry, miming, miniature, mock-up, model, montage, mosaic, mummery, mural, myriorama, nay, no, nontransferable vote, note, notion, observation, opening, opinion, ostentation, outward show, overacting, pageant, pageantry, panorama, pantomiming, parade, paraphrase, parody, particularization, pasticcio, pastiche, patter, peculiarity, perception, performance, performing, personation, phantasmagoria, phony, photograph, picture, playacting, playing, pleading, plebiscite, plebiscitum, plumper, plural vote, poll, polling, pomp, portrait, portraiture, portrayal, pose, posing, posture, power of attorney, preferential voting, presentation, presentment, pretense, pretension, pretext, print, production, profile, projection, property, proportional representation, proxy, psychedelic show, quadruplicate, quid pro quo, recept, record vote, referendum, reflection, rendering, rendition, repetition, replacement, replica, replication, representative, reproduction, resemblance, retrospective, right to vote, rising vote, say, seal, seeming, semblance, sentiment, sham, shifting scene, show, show of hands, showing, sight, sigil, sign, signal, signature, similitude, simulacrum, simulation, single vote, sketch, slapstick, snap vote, specification, specimen, speciousness, spectacle, stage business, stage directions, stage presence, stage show, stained glass window, stamp, statement, statue, statuette, stencil, still life, straw vote, stunt, subrogation, substitution, suffrage, supersedence, superseding, supersedure, supersession, supplantation, supplanting, supplantment, supposition, sure sign, switch, symptom, tableau, tableau vivant, taking a role, tapestry, telltale sign, theory, thought, tit for tat, trait, transferable vote, travesty, triplicate, triptych, type, typification, undertaking, unfolding, unfoldment, unveiling, varnish, varnishing day, vernissage, version, vicariousness, vignette, viva voce, vivid description, voice, voice vote, vote, voting, voting right, wall painting, window dressing, word painting, write-in, write-in vote, yea, yeas and nays, yes

Alternative forms

 * repræsentation


 * repræſentation

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Persian:


 * Romanian: reprezentare


 * Czech:
 * Persian:


 * Romanian: înfățișare, închipuire


 * Czech:
 * Persian:


 * Polish:
 * Romanian: reprezentare


 * Estonian: esitus
 * Finnish: esitys (1-3)
 * French: représentation
 * German: ,


 * Polish: reprezentacja (1)
 * Portuguese: representação
 * Spanish: