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say it: reh-pruh-zen-TAY-shuhn
representation is a noun meaning "a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image". It carries 10 recorded senses.
a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf
the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent
a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency
“a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California”
a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract
“the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor”
a performance of a play
a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting
“certain representations were made concerning police brutality”
the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body
an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for representation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.