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# represented

«represented» in Mova's school dictionary: **Stood for or was a symbol of something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb, past of represent

### meaning for a pupil

1) Stood for or was a symbol of something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/#m1)

2) Spoke or acted for a person or group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/#m2)

3) Was shown in a picture, chart or model. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/#m3)

4) Amounted to: this represented half the total. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths word problems, «each star represented 10 votes» tells the scale. In history, he represented his town in parliament. Phrases: is represented by, well represented.

### examples

- Each star represented 10 votes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/#x1)
- He represented his school at the swimming gala. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/#x2)
- The number of cats is represented by x. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/#x3)
- In the painting, the river is represented in blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/#x4)
- The boys represented half of the class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/#x5)
- Many countries were represented at the games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/#x6)
- This goddess of Fortune is variously represented. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/#x7)

### note

Regular past form. Maths: «is represented by» tells you what a symbol or letter stands for; use it to find totals (count symbols × value).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «represented» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/represented/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.