The meaning of REPRESENTATION is someone or something that represents. How to use representation in a sentence.

REPRESENTATION definition: 1. a person or organization that speaks, acts, or is present officially for someone else: 2. the…. Learn more.

Representation definition: the act of representing.. See examples of REPRESENTATION used in a sentence.

If a group or person has representation in a legislature or on a committee, someone in the legislature or on the committee supports them and makes decisions on their behalf.

There are 19 meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun representation, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Representation comes from the Latin repraesentare meaning "bring before, exhibit." A representation is an exhibit, whether it comes in the form of legal guidance or in the form of artistic expression. The act …

the act of producing something in visible form, as a picture, figure, statue, etc.:[countable] a life-size representation of the mayor. Often, representations. [plural] statements of things said to be true.