representera
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Definition & meaning
Representera is a verb meaning to represent, with several related uses:
- To act or speak on behalf of a person, group, organization, or country: to represent a team or a client.
- To stand for or symbolize something: a flag can represent a country.
- To portray or depict something, for example in art, writing, or data.
- To make up or constitute part of a whole: young people represent a large share of the population.
Grammar & Word origin
Representera is a regular Swedish verb. Its principal forms are representerar (present), representerade (past), and representerat (supine).
It is a loanword related to Latin repraesentare, meaning “to present” or “to make present.” The Swedish word is built around the stem represent-, with the common verb ending -era.
Synonyms & antonyms
The best synonym depends on the sense:
- företräda means to act or speak on someone’s behalf. It emphasizes advocacy or an official role more than representera.
- symbolisera means to symbolize. It is narrower and focuses on standing for an idea or thing.
- avbilda means to depict or portray, especially visually. It fits the artistic sense of representera.
- motsvara means to correspond to or be equivalent to something, and can fit when something represents a value or quantity.
There is no single antonym that works in every sense. Förvränga (“distort”) can be an opposite when representera means to portray something accurately.
Common phrases & collocations
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Examples
Maria vill representera sin klass.verb
Maria wants to represent her class.
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