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represented

v.
B1 Intermediate US //ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛntɪd// rep·re·sent·ed

v. to act or speak for someone else, or to be a symbol of something. You use this when one thing stands in the place of another.

v. to act or speak on behalf of another person or group; to serve as a symbol or embodiment of a concept. Transitive — requires a direct object.


SIMPLE

The lawyer represented the family in court.

CONTEXTUAL

Each star on the national flag represented a different state in the union.

COMPLEX

The artist argued that the abstract shapes represented the chaotic nature of modern urban life rather than any specific physical location.

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The verb is transitive and takes a direct object. In political contexts, it often takes a collective noun as the object.

Pitfall

He represented for the companyHe represented the companyRepresented is a transitive verb and does not require a preposition like 'for' before the object.

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