REPRESENTATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

REPRESENTATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary Meaning of representation in English representation noun uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ˌrep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃ ə n / us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ˌrep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃ ə n / representation noun ( ACTING FOR ) Add to word list Add to word list C2 [ U ] a person or organization that speaks , acts , or is present officially for someone else : Can he afford legal representation? Defendants have a right to legal representation and must be informed of that right when they are arrested . The farmers demanded greater representation in parliament . The main opposing parties have nearly equal representation in the legislature . The scheme is intended to increase representation of minority groups . The members are chosen by a system of proportional representation. Court cases, orders & decisions actionable actionably actual damages administer admissibility exhibit extinguishment extrajudicial extrajudicially fatal accident inquiry pettifoggery pettifogging plea bargain plea bargaining pleading verdict void voidable voluntary departure waiver See more results » representation noun ( DESCRIPTION ) C2 [ U ] the way that someone or something is shown or described : He gave a talk on the representation of women in 19th-century art . [ C ] a sign , picture , model , etc. of something: This statue is a representation of Hercules. Representation in art & in general anti-realism anti-realist Calvary complementary confederate likeness limn linear perspective mimesis naturalistically pictograph poetic licence portray portrayal present simulacrum smellscape stylized symbolic symbolism See more results » representation noun ( INCLUDING ALL ) [ C or U ] the fact of including different types of people , for example in films , politics , or sport , so that all different groups are represented : They explore complex and delicate issues of race , diversity , and representation in the news business . There has been a small representation of Latin American players in the NBA for decades . Variety and mixtures all manner of something idiom alphabet soup assorted assortment biodiverse hotchpotch hybridize hybridized it takes all sorts (to make a world) idiom jumble multiplicity non-segregated odds and ends of every stripe/of all stripes idiom panoply syncretism this this and that idiom variety is the spice of life idiom variously See more results » Idiom make representations/a representation to someone/something (Definition of representation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) representation | Business English representation noun uk Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio / ˌreprɪzenˈteɪʃ ə n / us Your browser doesn't support HTML5 audio Add to word list Add to word list [ U ] people who will speak and act for you in an official situation , or the fact of someone speaking and acting for you: More American workers are demanding union representation . These employees need legal representation to protect them against administrative abuse . [ U ] if a type of person has representation in a group , there are people of that type in the group : The committee has equal representation from employers and employees . What is the reason for the lack of female representation on top boards ? They are monitoring the gender representation on public committees . make representations to sb to make an official statement to an organization about something, especially as a way of complaining : We are making representations to the relevant authorities about this unprofessional behaviour . See also board representation employee representation false representation proportional representation (Definition of representation from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of representation representation They contrast with syntactic representations, which are structured in terms of lexical heads and grammatical functions or relations. From the Cambridge English Corpus First, word forms can be accessed and recognized via the mental representations of their constituent morphemes. From the Cambridge English Corpus The findings are consistent with the hypothesis that weaknesses in specific phonemic representations linger even after children can articulate the specific phonemes accurately. From the Cambridge English Corpus The findings underline the importance of using specific rather than general tasks to assess phonology, phonological sensitivity, and phonological representations. From the Cambridge English Corpus Therefore, separate representations of stem and inflection morphemes would make good sense. From the Cambridge English Corpus If some nonhuman animal is using such representations to plan and meta-representations to correct its plans, it is clearly thinking. From the Cambridge English Corpus Various representations thus coexisted in the early modern period, only to expand as time passed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Although some approaches cluster functions under different types, some approaches make use of syntactic representations. From the Cambridge English Corpus During its life cycle, engineers and designers make many representations of a product. From the Cambridge English Corpus A systematic formalism to define activities and business processes is presented, as well as clear mathematical formulation and template representations. From the Cambridge English Corpus Improving the readability of time frequency and time scale representations by the reassignment method. From the Cambridge English Corpus The authors argue that the olfactory-hippocampal-dorsal cortex circuit was needed to create complex olfactory-based representations of space. From the Cambridge English Corpus The second is how children use these representations to facilitate language learning. From the Cambridge English Corpus Therefore, it is possible that homonyms would be responded to more accurately than novel words in a task emphasizing lexical representations, such as picture naming. From the Cambridge English Corpus Under this account, if children's lexical representations are stored as sub-units, they are then able to access more stable units with increased accuracy. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of representation These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations with representation representation These are words often used in combination with representation . Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. abstract representation However, they are in fact extremely inconvenient for automatic analysis and is thus a poor candidate as an abstract representation of queries. From the Cambridge English Corpus accurate representation This coordinate allows for an accurate representation of the topography of the ocean's bottom, and it facilitates the modelling of the bottom boundary layer. From the Cambridge English Corpus adequate representation This can only work if the speaker has an adequate representation of what the interlocutor intends to do. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with representation What is the pronunciation of representation ? Translations of representation in Chinese (Traditional) 替…行動, 作為…的代表（或代理人）, 作為…的代言人… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 替…行动, 作为…的代表（或代理人）, 作为…的代言人… See more in Spanish representación, representación [feminine, singular]… See more in Portuguese representação, representação [feminine]… See more in Marathi in Turkish in French in Japanese in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish प्रतिनिधित्व, एखादी व्यक्ती किंवा संस्था जी इतर कोणासाठी तरी बोलते, वागते किंवा अधिकृतपणे उपस्थित असते… See more resmî olarak temsil edilme, tasvir, resim… See more représentation [feminine], représentation… See more 描写（びょうしゃ）, 代表（だいひょう）… See more vertegenwoordiging, weergave, voorstelling… See more வேறொருவருக்காக அதிகாரப்பூர்வமாக பேசும், செயல்படும் அல்லது தற்போது இருக்கும் ஒரு நபர் அல்லது அமைப்பு, யாரோ அல்லது ஏதாவது காட்டப்படும் அல்லது விவரிக்கப்படும் விதம்… See more (किसी व्यक्ति या संस्था द्वारा औपचारिक रूप से किसी का) प्रतिनिधित्व, प्रतिनिधित्व, किसी व्यक्ति या वस्तु का किया गया वर्णन… See more પ્રતિનિધિત્વ, નિશાની કે ચિહ્ન… See more repræsentation, fremstilling, indsigelse… See more representation, symbol, invändning… See more mewakili, wakil, kehendak… See more die Vertretung, die Darstellung, die Vorhaltung… See more fremstilling [masculine], beskrivelse [masculine], representasjon [masculine]… See more نمائندگی, شبیہ, خاکہ… See more зображення, образ, твердження… See more ప్రాతినిధ్యం / మరొకరి కోసం అధికారికంగా మాట్లాడే, వ్యవహరించే లేదా ప్రస్తుతం ఉన్న వ్యక్తి లేదా సంస్థ, ఎవరినైనా లేదా దేనినైనా చూపించిన లేదా వివరించిన విధానం… See more একজন ব্যক্তি বা সংস্থা যে অন্য কারো জন্য আনুষ্ঠানিকভাবে উপস্থিত থাকে, যেভাবে কাউকে বা কোন কিছুকে দেখানো বা বর্ণনা করা হয়, প্রতিরূপ… See more reprezentace, ztělesnění, prohlášení… See more perwakilan, lambang, tuntutan… See more การเป็นตัวแทน, ตัวแทน, สัญลักษณ์… See more sự đại diện, người đại diện, lời phản đối… See more reprezentacja, przedstawicielstwo, przedstawienie… See more Need a translator? 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