verb · neutral
represent
/ˌreprɪˈzent/re·pre·SENT
task1
to stand for, to be equal to a particular amount or to symbolize something in a chart or report
Examples
“The red bars represent the percentage of unemployed people.”
“Women represent 45% of the workforce in the graph.”
“Each icon represents 100 respondents.”
Band 8 sentence
“In the chart, males represent 55% of respondents, while females account for the remaining 45%.”
Collocations
- represent X% / represent the proportion of
- be represented by
Word family
represent verbrepresentation nounrepresentative adj / noun
Common mistakes
The blue slice represents to 20% of sales→The blue slice represents 20% of sales
This figure represent the total→This figure represents the total
Say it for a higher band
5show→6indicate→7+represent
Synonyms
show
stand for
Easily confused
show
“The chart shows a decline in unemployment over ten years.”
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