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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
representation
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
proportional representation
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
accurate
▪ It need not be an accurate representation but more of an expression of local features and history.
▪ The painting was not an accurate representation of the Falls but a kind of Platonic ideal.
▪ Is it a whitewash or an accurate representation of the result of a searching investigation?
▪ The material involved may go to show how accurate were the company's financial statements and how accurate were any representations made.
▪ The screen shows an accurate representation of how the composition will look as a printed score.
▪ The Cognitive-Behavioural approach encourages clients to check out how accurate their representation of a situation is.
direct
▪ These arrangements with established publishers also make it possible to reach bookshops through direct sales representation.
▪ What are the advantages of direct representation? 4.
▪ Fingerspelling as it exists today consists of a direct alphabetic representation of the language as it would be written down.
▪ Analogue computing also allows the direct representation of nonlinear problems.
▪ The reader should note that direct representation in various countries only marginally reduces the need for correspondents.
equal
▪ They argue for a more equal representation of women and men among psychologists.
▪ The Democratic party's demands include equal representation on committees, but they have yet to win Republican agreement to this.
▪ Teaching material is scrutinised for equal representation of gender in illustrations and text.
▪ Riche told reporters that the samples will be taken in each county to ensure equal representation.
▪ We have a right to be represented in a women's magazine that's fighting for equal representation.
fair
▪ The choice looks clear: good government or fair representation?
▪ The fact remains that because of election by constituency quota the odds are heavily against fair representation for a small party.
▪ This system ensured reasonably fair representation for each party, whilst preventing a large number of parties being elected to parliament.
▪ A democratic process of elections should ensure a fair level of representation.
▪ In addition, we will use government's powers of appointment to ensure fair representation of women on public bodies.
▪ It is in fact increased, in as much as their political choices are assured of fair parliamentary representation.
false
▪ She admitted four charges of making a false representation to obtain benefit and asked for 18 others to be taken into consideration.
▪ Other allegations against the latter suggested a breach of a contractual duty of care, false representations and undue influence.
legal
▪ Legal representation was not viewed as necessary, but rules prohibiting legal representation were considered undesirable.
▪ But a number of recent reports have questioned the quality of legal representation and other constitutional safeguards afforded Texas's capital defendants.
▪ Officials are given only two or three days between initial interviews and legal representations to make decisions.
▪ The group also provides counseling and legal representation for female service members.
▪ The question of management and legal representation for aspiring new-comers is just as valid in publishing as it is in recording.
▪ Two defendants in recent trials held in Kigali, the capital, had legal representation.
▪ In the event the proposed interview was postponed, to allow the applicant a change of legal representation.
▪ Schabas, who attended the Gikongoro trials, said that Gatorano, in particular, would have benefited from legal representation.
mental
▪ Here, insulated by repression from direct awareness, mental representations can live on unsuspected and unknown.
▪ Not until the second year of life do the first true forms of mental representation occur.
▪ However, it is often regarded as problematic whether or not animals have mental representations, or use symbolic systems or languages.
▪ My first task will be to say why the focus upon mental representation has muddied the waters.
▪ On the representational theory nothing can be prior to a mental representation - the bedrock of thought is representational.
parliamentary
▪ Making parliamentary representation conditional upon loyalty to the Emperor system, formally narrowed the freedom for party initiatives.
▪ They may now congratulate themselves on having obtained some parliamentary representation.
▪ Croydon is indeed a borough fortunate in its parliamentary representation.
▪ It is in fact increased, in as much as their political choices are assured of fair parliamentary representation.
pictorial
▪ It is, arguably, the finest pictorial representation of a seventeenth-century winding-sheet.
▪ That became the basis for all pictorial representations for the next sixty years.
▪ Icon - A pictorial representation of a program, file or window.
▪ Similarly pupils will often remember a pictorial representation which sums up an event or development.
▪ Graphs and pictorial representations Organise Systematically the collection and tabulation of simple data.
▪ In short, male dominance can be strongly suggested in pictorial representation without the patriarchal male being directly represented at all.
▪ If we are interested only in smoothing for pictorial representation, this does not matter.
▪ The earliest written records were simply pictorial representations of natural objects, such as birds and animals.
political
▪ They also measure the difference between the scores for the successive decades to capture the change in political representation.
▪ Blacks were demonstrating against employment discrimination and a lack of political representation.
▪ Unfortunately it gives rise to distortions of political representation too notorious to require here more than passing reference.
▪ Thus pluralistic political representation is a sham which masks the structural and ideological limits of reformist political action.
▪ One-third said political representation, 22 % said farming policy advice and 14 % legal advice.
▪ Fragmentation depends on factors such as the nature of political representation.
proportional
▪ A proportional representation system is to apply to future elections.
▪ Elections to a lower house of parliament would be by proportional representation and an upper house would be appointed by provincial governments.
▪ Mr Orton infers there is an inconsistency in my contention that, with proportional representation, Labour could achieve power.
▪ As the essential measure to secure and entrench lasting reform we will introduce fair votes by proportional representation for Parliamentary elections.
▪ But it will be no more than second-best representation, and certainly not proportional representation.
▪ Swapo was alone in its opposition to proportional representation and a bi-cameral system.
▪ I like several of his ideals, including, perhaps, the campaign for proportional representation.
▪ A lower house of parliament would be elected by a system of proportional representation on the basis of universal non-racial adult franchise.
social
▪ This chapter explores the points of contact between the theory of social representations and the rhetorical approach.
▪ In all three there is the implication that theorists of social representations must do more than study social representations.
▪ Theorists must also study what are not social representations.
▪ The universal conception envisages social representations as functioning through anchoring, but not necessarily through objectification.
▪ The particular conception sees both processes as necessary features of a social representation.
▪ However, they are necessary if the similarities between the rhetorical approach and the theory of social representations are to be demonstrated.
▪ Only those groups, possessing objectified consciousness, can be said to anchor their thoughts and perceptions by social representations.
strong
▪ Several people - some of them will known to the Hon. Gentleman - have made strong representations to me.
symbolic
▪ They are symbolic representations, but there's nothing absolute about the type of symbols we use on them.
▪ Consider the variety of symbolic representations in the following: electrical circuit diagrams map of the London Underground medieval picture maps.
▪ Both maintain that there are symbolic representations of the Ultimate whether the Ultimate be depicted as Truth or as the Holy.
visual
▪ Although in theory Postscript could be viewed as a general purpose programming language, it is strongly biassed towards visual representation.
▪ Figure 8. 1 attempts to provide a visual representation of the relationship among these related concepts.
▪ Not only visual representation, but the written word, too, is not free of imperialism.
▪ They provide a visual representation of how performance is changing over time.
▪ Planning of the lesson sequence is important: what visual representations are required and what needs to be included on each transparency?
written
▪ Appeals can be by way of a hearing or by written representation.
▪ The appeal will be determined by way of written representations, which must be made by May 1st.
▪ Appeals can be decided either through a public inquiry or by written representations.
▪ The other parties then have two days after service to file written representations at court.
▪ We had numerous written and oral representations from hon. and right hon. Members and from members of the public.
▪ It may also invite all or any of the parties to make written representations before the hearing.
■ VERB
allow
▪ They were also angered at the time allowed for representations.
▪ Each individual hearing lasted only a few minutes and none of the accused was allowed legal representation.
▪ He was not allowed legal representation and the proceedings, held incamera, reportedly lasted only a few minutes.
▪ The parties are under no contractual obligation to allow each other to make representations to the auditor before he issues his certificate.
▪ Analogue computing also allows the direct representation of nonlinear problems.
▪ The method of lexical representation used was one which allowed efficient representation and search.
▪ These allow for the representation and control of causal relationships such as symptoms and failures.
ensure
▪ This system ensured reasonably fair representation for each party, whilst preventing a large number of parties being elected to parliament.
▪ Riche told reporters that the samples will be taken in each county to ensure equal representation.
▪ In addition, we will use government's powers of appointment to ensure fair representation of women on public bodies.
▪ I used a stratified sample technique in two stages to ensure an adequate representation of singlehanded and group practices.
include
▪ This group should include representation from Headteachers, Senior Education Officers and committed industrialists.
▪ Give two reasons for including a representation of semantic information in a grammar. 2.
▪ Indeed, the names themselves may not be included in the representation.
▪ The Democratic party's demands include equal representation on committees, but they have yet to win Republican agreement to this.
▪ It will clearly include such relatively ephemeral representations as placards and banners, as well as slogans daubed on walls.
▪ It includes representations of fact expressed as opinions.
increase
▪ The northern legislative position essentially hinged on the unfairness of increasing proslavery representation in Congress under the terms of the Three-fifths Compromise.
▪ The force will be renamed and restructured to increase its 8 % representation of Roman Catholics.
▪ To combat some of these problems, there should, argued Bell, be increased opportunities for representation before the tribunal.
▪ Although counting has not yet completed, the party is on course to increase its representation by two.
▪ There was increased military representation, reflecting the leadership's concern that economic reforms might lead to civil unrest.
make
▪ Several people - some of them will known to the Hon. Gentleman - have made strong representations to me.
▪ He had made official representations to many governments, but had received only two replies.
▪ Everyone - and anyone - is invited to make representations to us.
▪ To elaborate, business, like other interest groups, makes representations to government in order to influence government policy.
▪ Are there any special circumstances making legal representation desirable or would hardship follow if it was withheld?
▪ The debtor is entitled to attend when the report is being considered and make any representations he wishes.
▪ The trader has the right to make representations that the goods are safe and to have the notice revoked.
provide
▪ The nodes in the network provide both the knowledge representation and the process by which knowledge is applied.
▪ It is also provides an information representation scheme.
▪ No legal aid is available to provide representation for employees.
▪ Figure 8. 1 attempts to provide a visual representation of the relationship among these related concepts.
▪ Writing also provides a permanent representation, hence the writing may be manually edited, thereby simplifying the identification of false starts.
▪ The group also provides counseling and legal representation for female service members.
▪ They provide a visual representation of how performance is changing over time.
receive
▪ Mr. Sainsbury I have received a number of representations on that subject.
▪ Mr. Redwood I have received a number of representations from business men about the need to cut regulatory burdens.
▪ During the course of its consideration, the disputes committee did not invite, or receive, any representations from Mr. Cheall.
▪ I have certainly received representations from the farming industry in my constituency, whose members are worried about their income levels.
▪ Mr. Freeman I have received a number of representations recently about the Fenchurch Street line.
▪ Mr. Tom King I have received many such representations and I well understand the depth of feeling on the part of those expressing their concern.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Each state receives equal representation in the U.S. Senate.
▪ She received praise for her effective representation of Garcia during the trial.
▪ The clock in the painting is a symbolic representation of the passage of time.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As a writer, your sovereign responsibility is to produce real food by making truthful representations.
▪ But a number of recent reports have questioned the quality of legal representation and other constitutional safeguards afforded Texas's capital defendants.
▪ It is important to have a clear understanding of the impact of legal aid on tribunal representation.
▪ Men must change sufficiently so that their representation of life and their political expression uphold humane values.
▪ Sir Hans Sloane, president of the Royal Society, rounded out the scientific representation at the meeting.
▪ The appeal will be determined by way of written representations, which must be made by May 1st.
▪ There is still much to learn: organization, features, structures, mechanisms, representations, behaviors.
▪ These phonemic transcriptions were then converted automatically to their corresponding mid-class representations.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Representation

Representation \Rep`re*sen*ta"tion\ (-z?n-t?"sh?n), n. [F. repr?sentation, L. representatio.]

  1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

  2. That which represents. Specifically:

    1. A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like.

    2. A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet.

    3. A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate.

    4. The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress.

    5. (Insurance Law) Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.

  3. The state of being represented.

    Syn: Description; show; delineaton; portraiture; likeness; resemblance; exhibition; sight.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
representation

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.

Wiktionary
representation

n. 1 That which represents another. 2 (context legal English) The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court. 3 (context politics English) The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government. 4 (context mathematics English) An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces. 5 A figure, image or idea that substitutes reality. 6 A theatrical performance.

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WordNet
representation

  1. n. a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image [syn: mental representation, internal representation]

  2. a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something

  3. the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf

  4. the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent [syn: delegacy, agency]

  5. a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency; "a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California"

  6. 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"

  7. a performance of play [syn: theatrical performance, theatrical, histrionics]

  8. a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting; "certain representations were made concerning police brutality"

  9. the right of being representated by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body

  10. an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent

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Wikipedia
Representation

Representation can refer to:

Representation (politics)

In politics, representation describes how some individuals stand in for others or a group of others, for a certain time period. Representation usually refers to representative democracies, where elected officials nominally speak for their constituents in the legislature. Generally, only citizens are granted representation in the government in the form of voting rights; however, some democracies have extended this right further.

Representation (arts)

Representation is the use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else. It is through representation that people organize the world and reality through the act of naming its elements. Signs are arranged in order to form semantic constructions and express relations. For many philosophers, both ancient and modern, man is regarded as the "representational animal" or animal symbolicum, the creature whose distinct character is the creation and the manipulation of signs – things that "stand for" or "take the place of" something else.

Representation has been associated with aesthetics (art) and semiotics (signs). Mitchell says "representation is an extremely elastic notion, which extends all the way from a stone representing a man to a novel representing the day in the life of several Dubliners".

The term 'representation' carries a range of meanings and interpretations. In literary theory, 'representation' is commonly defined in three ways.

  1. To look like or resemble
  2. To stand in for something or someone
  3. To present a second time; to re-present

Representation began with early literary theory in the ideas of Plato and Aristotle, and has evolved into a significant component of language, Saussurian and communication studies.

Representation (journal)

Representation is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering representative democracy. The editors-in-chief are Andrew Russell and Steve de Wijze ( University of Manchester). It was established in 1960 and is published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the McDougall Trust.

Representation (mathematics)

In mathematics, representation is a very general relationship that expresses similarities between objects. Roughly speaking, a collection Y of mathematical objects may be said to represent another collection X of objects, provided that the properties and relationships existing among the representing objects y conform in some consistent way to those existing among the corresponding represented objects x. Somewhat more formally, for a set Π of properties and relations, a Π-representation of some structure X is a structure Y that is the image of X under a s homomorphism that preserves Π. The label representation is sometimes also applied to the homomorphism itself.

Representation (systemics)

Representation, from the most general and abstract systemic perspective, relates to a role or function or a property of an abstract or real object, relation or changes.

For example,

  • an ambassador or a sport team may represent its nation.
  • graphical figures or written symbolic text may represent some abstract ideas or physical objects.

In the case of humans or human-made objects, a representation can be:

  • formal or informal, i.e. "legal" or really realized with a consensus of interested community.
  • on the behalf of (or approved by) represented subject or without his/her/their permission.
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Usage examples of "representation".

The Evangelic history as handed down is not the history of Christ, but a collection of allegoric representations of the great history of God and the world.

Our adversaries do not deny that even here there is a system of law and penalty: and surely we cannot in justice blame a dominion which awards to every one his due, where virtue has its honour, and vice comes to its fitting shame, in which there are not merely representations of the gods, but the gods themselves, watchers from above, and--as we read--easily rebutting human reproaches, since they lead all things in order from a beginning to an end, allotting to each human being, as life follows life, a fortune shaped to all that has preceded--the destiny which, to those that do not penetrate it, becomes the matter of boorish insolence upon things divine.

It is apparent how modern reflection, as soon as the first shoot of this analytic appears, by-passes the display of representation, together with its culmination in the form of a table as ordered by Classical knowledge, and moves towards a certain thought of the Same - in which Difference is the same thing as Identity.

I have not patience to relate how many initial letters of antiphonaries and sixteenth-, seventeenth- and even eighteenth-century miniatures have been touched up or repainted and passed off as true and ancient representations of Jeanne.

On the face of it, it is impossible to hold that ideas are the only objects that we do directly apprehend and yet are also representations of realities that are never objects that we directly apprehend, for one can be said to represent the other only if both can be directly apprehended and compared.

All of these locations are at one level archetypal representations of the unconscious as a whole.

Rue des Saints-Peres and the Rue du Sepulcre, close by the cross-roads of the Croix-Rouge, where the troops could arrive from so many different points, the Mairie of the Tenth Arrondissement, confined, commanded, and blockaded on every side, was a pitiful citadel for the assailed National Representation.

It is not to be denied that they had the inherent right, inside of Constitutional limitations, to repeal the laws of their States, and even to change the Constitution itself, if they should do it by prescribed methods and by honest majorities, and should not, in the process, disturb the fundamental conditions upon which the General Government had assented to their re-admission to the right of representation in Congress.

Stevens complained of the Senate for having defeated the amendment relating to representation, and though assenting to that which was now reported by the committee, thought it inferior to, and less effective than, the one which had failed.

Bishop Bisse in 1717, and above it a Decorated window containing a stained glass representation of the Last Supper after the picture by Benjamin West.

After expatiating on the advantages connected with the Scotch representation, he remarked that his objection to the present motion was its application, as a single instance of reform in a borough, to the general question.

Protestant interests against the influx and increase of the Roman Catholic party, one mode of securing this, and at the same time of purifying the representation, would be to abolish the borough market, which had now been thrown open to Catholics.

It went to establish a new system of representation in every county, borough, and town in the United Kingdom, with the exception of the two universities.

An ambassador was sent to London with representations of the imminent dangers which threatened the republic, and he was ordered to solicit in the most pressing terms the assistance of his Britannic majesty, that the allies might have a superiority in the Netherlands by the beginning of the campaign.

State shall be denied or abridged on account of race or color, all persons of such race or color so denied shall be excluded from the basis of representation.