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representing

Syllables: re·pre·sent·ing/ɹɛpɹɪˈzɛntɪŋ/

representing is the present participle and gerund of represent.

Meaning of represent

Verb

represent (third-person singular simple present represents, present participle representing, simple past and past participle represented)

  1. (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
  2. (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate.
    • a landscape can be represented in a picture.
  3. (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of.
    • It has always been his dream to represent Hamlet on Broadway.
    Synonyms:
    play
  4. (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of.
    • He sent his agent to represent himself at the meeting.
  5. (transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.).
    • They chose a member of Congress to represent their district.
  6. (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of.
    • He represented that he was investigating for the police department.

See all 16 meanings of represent

Noun

representing (plural representings)

  1. An act of representation.
    • One ends up with a noumenal representation that has a phenomenal representation as its content, whereby the phenomenal representation, in turn, has as its content a temporally ordered sequence of representings, i.e. of mental episodes.2017, Anil Gomes, Andrew Stephenson, Kant and the Philosophy of Mind: Perception, Reason, and the Self

Forms of representing

pluralrepresentings

Questions about representing

What does representing mean?
Representing means an act of representation.
What is representing the present participle and gerund of?
Representing is the present participle and gerund of represent.
What part of speech is representing?
Representing is a noun.
How do you pronounce representing?
Representing is pronounced /ɹɛpɹɪˈzɛntɪŋ/.
What is the plural of representing?
The plural of representing is representings.

Words near representing in the dictionary

  1. representee
  2. representees
  3. representer
  4. representers
  5. representeth
  6. representing
  7. representings
  8. representive
  9. representively
  10. representives
  11. representivity

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