Fanny was particularly well-received in the United Kingdom, despite—or maybe because of—their name representing a different anatomical part of one’s body overseas.

Use the word represent when something stands in for something else — whether it's your congressman representing your interests in Washington or the thimble that represents you as it makes its way …

REPRESENTING meaning: 1. present participle of represent 2. to speak, act, or be present officially for another person or…. Learn more.

1. to stand as an equivalent of; correspond to: our tent represents home to us when we go camping. 3. to act as or be the authorized delegate or agent for (a person, country, etc): an MP represents his …

To represent an idea or quality means to be a symbol or an expression of that idea or quality. New York represents everything that's great about America. If you represent a person or thing as a particular …

rep•re•sent /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛnt/ v. symbolize:[~ + object] In this story the black bird represents evil. to express or designate by some symbol, character, or the like:[~ + object] to represent musical sounds by notes. …

Definition of represent verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.