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Collocations for represent - verb

1. be a member of a group

ADV.

strongly, well
Local businesses are well represented on the committee.
poorly | adequately | disproportionately
Women are disproportionately represented among welfare recipients.

2. act/speak officially for sb

ADV.

legally
The suspect must appear and may be legally represented.

VERB + REPRESENT

choose sb to, elect sb to, select sb to
He was chosen to represent Scotland in three consecutive World Cup Finals.

3. show sth

ADV.

accurately
Representing an image accurately requires a great many bytes of digital information.
fairly | falsely | diagrammatically, graphically, schematically, visually
The data can be represented graphically in a line diagram.
symbolically

VERB + REPRESENT

be intended to
It is not clear what these symbols were intended to represent.
purport to
The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people.

PREP.

as
The film represents women as victims.
to
He admitted falsely representing to police officers that the car had been stolen.

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