Middle English, from Anglo-French representer, from Latin repraesentare, from re- + praesentare to present. 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 6a (1) 1564, in the meaning defined …

REPRESENTING definition: 1. present participle of represent 2. to speak, act, or be present officially for another person or…. Learn more.

1. to stand as an equivalent of; correspond to: our tent represents home to us when we go camping. 3. to act as or be the authorized delegate or agent for (a person, country, etc): an MP represents his …

Definition of represent verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [often passive] represent somebody/something to be a member of a group of people and act or speak for them at an event, a …

The politician was angry with the newspaper for representing [= portraying] his party negatively.

rep•re•sent /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt/ v. symbolize:[~ + object] In this story the black bird represents evil. to express or designate by some symbol, character, or the like:[~ + object] to represent musical sounds by notes. …

REPRESENTING definition: to stand as an equivalent of; correspond to | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples in American English

• Each class will elect two students to represent them on the School Council. • I wanted to spend my whole life representing these guys. • Over the course of the preoperational stage, children …

to represent musical sounds by notes. to stand or act in the place of, as a substitute, proxy, or agent does. He represents the company in Boston. to speak and act for by delegated authority. to …

We now present as follows an approach to representing code involving general pattern matching. Figure 3 shows a simple language definition and the grammar it represents.