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Synonyms for representation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rep-ri-zen-tey-shuh n, -zuh n-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌrɛp rɪ zɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -zən-

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Définition of representation

Origin :
  • c.1400, "image, likeness," from Old French representacion (14c.) and directly from Latin representationem (nominative representatio), noun of action from past participle stem of repraesentare (see represent). Meaning "statement made in regard to some matter" is from 1670s. Legislative sense first attested 1769.
  • noun description
  • noun likeness
Example sentences :
  • The first of them ends with his retirement from the representation of Newark.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The representation is one of the Sun-God Dionysos upon a cross.
  • Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons
  • The story of Mary and her family illustrates this representation.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • There is something gentle, as well as effectual, in the representation.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • A representation in two dimensions of something wearisome in three.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • It was usually adorned with a representation of the Agnus Dei.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • But to this gift was united the gift of utterance, or representation.
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • But are not these things as closely connected in the world as they can be in any representation of it?
  • Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
  • Maria Novella; but not to be classed with any genuine efforts at representation.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
  • Nor is this mode of representation true only with respect to distances.
  • Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

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