representation

1. (noun) an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent
Related Words: activity, diagramming, dramatisation, dramatization, figuration, model, modeling, modelling, pageant, pageantry, pictorial representation, picturing, schematisation, schematization

2. (noun) the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group
Related Words: cooperation, proportional representation

3. (noun) a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
Related Words: audiogram, copy, cosmography, creation, creche, cutaway, cutaway drawing, cutaway model, display, document, effigy, icon, ikon, illustration, image, map, model, nomogram, nomograph, picture, pieta, presentation, projection, rubbing, set, simulacrum, simulation, stage set, stations of the Cross

4. (noun) a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
Synonyms: internal representation, mental representation
Related Words: abstractionism, antitype, appearance, blur, cognitive content, concrete representation, concretism, content, convergence, example, fuzz, image, interpretation, intersection, memory, mental image, mental object, model, overlap, percept, perception, perceptual experience, phantasmagoria, psychosexuality, reading, schema, stereotype, unrealism, version

5. (noun) a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting; "certain representations were made concerning police brutality"
Related Words: statement

6. (noun) the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
Synonyms: agency, delegacy
Related Words: free agency, legal representation, state



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