Usually means: Stands for, symbolizes, or embodies.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. represents: Merriam-Webster
  2. represents: Vocabulary.com
  3. Represents, represents: Wordnik
  4. represents: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. represents: Wiktionary
  6. represents: Dictionary.com
  7. represents: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  8. represents: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Organon: A Conceptually Indexed Dictionary (by Genus and Differentia) (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. represents: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. represents: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. represents: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

(Note: See represent as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (represent)

verb:  (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
verb:  (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate
verb:  (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of
verb:  (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of
verb:  (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.)
verb:  (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of
verb:  (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
verb:  (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of
verb:  (transitive) To bring a certain sensation of into the mind; to cause to be known, felt, or apprehended; to present.
verb:  (transitive) To form or image again in consciousness, as an object of cognition or apprehension (something presentative, which was originally apprehended by direct presentation).
verb:  (transitive) To constitute, to make up, to be an example of.
verb:  (sports, transitive) To participate as a team member
verb:  (poker, transitive) To play as if holding (a set of cards); to play as if having made (a hand).
verb:  (intransitive, African-American Vernacular) To constitute a good example or symbol of a group of people; to acquit oneself well.
verb:  (medicine) To present again, for instance for medical attention.
verb:  (by extension) To present again, possibly in an altered form.
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