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representation Noun

— Representation is the act of speaking or acting on behalf of someone. — Representation is the description of someone or something in a certain way.

representation

— noun a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image — noun a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something — noun the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf — noun an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent — noun the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body — noun a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting certain representations were made concerning police brutality — noun a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor — noun the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent — noun a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California — noun (= theatrical performance) a performance of a play

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Topics representation topics

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Simple sentences

This painting is a representation of a storm at sea.

Nowadays school is considered a representation of the world.

Movie subtitles

I'm here to make a representation. Since the lime juice ran out, the men are dropping with scurvy every hour.

I'll get you the best. legal representation in the territory of Wyoming.

No taxation without representation.

But a television image is merely an electronic representation of light and shadow.

I wish it emphasized in the record that the accused is not without representation.

I think we should have a real symbolic representation.

I believe it's been sufficiently proved that the representation of agreeable passions on the stage inclines the viewer to sin, if only by employing images to arouse lust.

Yes, and with legal representation.

It's actually a pictorial representation of the order of Martha's mind.

This plaque is a representation of a star and its solar system.

He suggested coming with his-her friends after the representation of Wednesday.

They will give a representation into private and will explain the scene in detail.

Has the representation started?

Is an excellent representation of cubistic form.

And that's the loveliest representation of virginal beauty that ever existed.

I'm here to make a representation.

Shows typical reaction of animal confronted with visual representation of danger.

I am persuaded, Your Majesty that England must move forward to a more enlightened form of government based upon a true representation of a free people.

Miss Rita Fairbanks. you organized this representation of the Battle of Pearl Harbor.

The one and only representation of the Cornelius Circus.

Yeah. Equal representation.

This representation of the devil carrying off the dead, goes far beyond the formalized art of its day.

A representation of reality through my eyes.

Not until we get some kind of legal representation.

False representation, that's what it is.

He forgets what we're fighting for is constitution. representation. free press and free speech.

This S.I.U. representation assures every seafarer that he will be paid off in full.

My attention was caught by one of the girls, The one that opened the representation.

It seems to be a representation of Pompei.

Why? Because there is no representation.

I'm sorry. What it is, actually, it's a pictorial representation of the order of Martha's mind.

What you see is a tiny representation of our world.

I am persuaded, Your Majesty, that England must move forward to a more enlightened form of government based upon a true representation of a free people.

I don't like this representation.

All that was directly lived. has moved away into a representation.

News and current affairs

They remained in jail in Riyadh without legal representation until the final verdict.

If Turkey grants its own Kurdish minority more cultural and language rights and allows legitimate Kurdish political representation in the Turkish parliament, the willingness of Turkish Kurds to oppose Ankara will be diminished.

An alternative must therefore be found to a definition of citizenship that regards these institutions as merely some sort of formalized representation of member states' common political will.

That gross imbalance in representation is a shameful betrayal of Ukraine's sovereignty.

In an attempt to solve the problem, a mixed electoral system was introduced in the early 1990's, with about three quarters of the seats assigned under plurality rule in single member districts and the rest allocated under proportional representation.

The Liberal Democrats want MPs to be elected by proportional representation.

This year, Vice President Joe Biden did the honors, bumping the US representation up a notch.

So, in the current case, the alleged discrimination does not stem from the law itself, but from its effects, with the plaintiffs relying mainly on statistics showing the over-representation of Roma in special schools.

The IMF is a prime example of the over-representation of Europeans in international fora.

Political representation must be pluralistic.

Better to radically reduce the size of the Commission, and to either tie countries into regional packages for Commission representation or rotate membership every few years among countries.

The Council's formation boosted the morale of those who have been demanding stronger and more unified representation.

With a larger group, real discussion is lost; with a smaller group, meaningful regional representation is difficult.

Moreover, emerging-market countries' representation in global governance did not keep pace with the increasingly significant role of their economies and currencies.

Great Britain and France will resist being replaced by a single EU seat, while making Germany a permanent member would only exacerbate the problem of Europe's relative over-representation.

For years, I, along with many others, have complained that emerging markets need greater representation in global financial governance.

He held out the promise of proportional representation, which would ensure a greater number of parliamentary seats for the Liberal Democrats in future elections, in exchange for the party's support for a new Conservative government.

But greater representation is not a one-way street: with greater voice and influence, emerging-market countries must assume greater leadership responsibilities and act as constructive partners in these institutions.

Not so in modern Western democracies, where personal passions are, at least in theory, supposed to be completely separate from the impersonal representation of group interests.

Labour has sought to avoid a constitutional debate, because any move in the direction of federal institutions requires addressing the party's over-representation in the UK parliament.

This is not the case under proportional representation.

They consisted of countries that had actually caused the problems; they were dominated by the US; and they suffered from heavy over-representation of mid-sized European countries.

The eurozone as such has no representation in the international financial institutions.

Swedes recently gave enough votes to a right-wing, anti-immigrant party to give it representation in parliament, reflecting a growing backlash against the rising number of immigrants in Swedish society.

Economics is really a toolkit with multiple models - each a different, stylized representation of some aspect of reality.

It takes more votes to elect a Conservative than a Labour MP, owing to the over-representation of urban Britain and some majority-Labour parts of the country.

Germany, in particular, feels that it has no reason to share its IMF representation with other, fiscally weaker eurozone members.

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