representation

US /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/ See IPA manual

Freq #11986

Meanings

1

noun
The act of speaking or acting on behalf of a person or group.

Workers demanded fair representation in the company's decisions.
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.
3

noun
The right to elect someone to speak for you in government.

The colonists protested against taxation without representation.
4

noun
The lawyers who argue on someone's behalf in court.

People who cannot afford representation may receive government help.

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Word family

Forms representations

Derived forms corepresentationmetarepresentationmicrorepresentationmisrepresentationmultirepresentationnonrepresentationoverrepresentationpseudorepresentationrepresentationalrepresentationaryrepresentationismrepresentationist

Related forms represent representablerepresentamenrepresentant

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Phrases (2)

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Proverbs (1)

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No taxation without representation

Etymology

From Late Middle English representacioun, from Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentātiō. By surface analysis, represent + -ation.

representacioun Middle English representacion Old French repraesentātiō Latin

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# representation

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/
**Frequency rank:** 11986

## Meanings
1. The act of speaking or acting on behalf of a person or group.
2. Something that stands for or shows something else, such as a picture or model.
3. The right to elect someone to speak for you in government.
4. The lawyers who argue on someone's behalf in court.

## Examples
- Workers demanded fair representation in the company's decisions.
- The statue is a representation of the goddess of victory.
- The colonists protested against taxation without representation.
- People who cannot afford representation may receive government help.

## Derived Forms
- corepresentation
- metarepresentation
- microrepresentation
- misrepresentation
- multirepresentation
- nonrepresentation
- overrepresentation
- pseudorepresentation
- representational
- representationary
- representationism
- representationist

## Related Forms
- represent
- representable
- representamen
- representant

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: representacioun
- Root: representacion
- Root: repraesentātiō

## Etymology
From Late Middle English representacioun, from Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentātiō. By surface analysis, represent + -ation.

## AI Etymology
Representation comes from Late Middle English representacioun, from Old French representacion, from Latin repraesentātiō. By surface analysis, represent + -ation. The historical chain includes representacioun (Middle English), representacion (Old French), and repraesentātiō (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as corepresentation, metarepresentation, microrepresentation, and misrepresentation and related forms such as represent, representable, and representamen. In present use it covers the act of speaking or acting on behalf of a person or group, something that stands for or shows something else, such as a picture or model, and the right to elect someone to speak for you in government.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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