Meanings
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noun
The act of speaking or acting on behalf of a person or group.
Workers demanded fair representation in the company's decisions.
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2
noun
Something that stands for or shows something else, such as a picture or model.
The statue is a representation of the goddess of victory.
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noun
The right to elect someone to speak for you in government.
The colonists protested against taxation without representation.
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noun
The lawyers who argue on someone's behalf in court.
People who cannot afford representation may receive government help.
Thesaurus
Word family
Forms
representations
Derived forms
corepresentationmetarepresentationmicrorepresentationmisrepresentationmultirepresentationnonrepresentationoverrepresentationpseudorepresentationrepresentationalrepresentationaryrepresentationismrepresentationist
Etymology
From Late Middle English representacioun, from Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentātiō. By surface analysis, represent + -ation.
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