representationnoun
uk/ˌrep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ˌrep.rɪ.zenˈteɪ.ʃən/representation noun (ACTING FOR)
C2 [ U ] a person or organization that speaks, acts, or is present officially for someone else:
Can he afford legal representation?
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- 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.
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- actionable
- administer
- admissible
- affidavit
- affiliation order
- bail
- bale
- defend
- inadmissible
- injunction
- judgment
- judicature
- judicial
- plea
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- Rex
- ruling
- separation
- sequester
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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.
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Representation in art & in general
- capture
- depict
- depiction
- perspective
- poetic licence
- portray
- realism
- represent
- representational
- semiotics
- simulacrum
- stylized
- symbolic
- symbolism
Idiom(s)
make representations/a representation to sb/sth