Translation
to represent, to stand for; to act on behalf of
Word origin
From Latin repraesentare, built from re- and praesentare, to place before someone. The Latin verb meant to bring a thing physically into view, and the modern sense of standing in for something absent is a later turn of the same idea.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- repraesentare
- English cognates
- represent, present, presentation
Examples
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This flag represents our country.
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She represented the committee at the congress.
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A lawyer will represent you in the case.
Two jobs sit inside and Esperanto keeps them both. A symbol an idea (the green star stands for the language), and a person a body they were sent by (a delegate acts on behalf of a committee). The person doing the second job is a , built with the -ant- participle rather than with --: it is a role held for a while, not a trade. Do not confuse it with , to present or introduce - is an introduction, means you have turned up in his place.
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