SpellRight

SpellRight › Spelling

Moderate

representation

The correct spelling is representation.

How to pronounce representation

/ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛn.ˈteɪ.ʃən/
noun

IPA: /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛn.ˈteɪ.ʃən/

Say it like: Rep-res-ent-ash-on

The correct spelling is representation. That which represents something else. For example: "The Venus of Willendorf was an early representation of the female body."

Usage Examples

The Venus of Willendorf was an early representation of the female body.

We are no longer happy with your representation of our company at trade events.

People who cannot afford representation are eligible for government assistance.

Definition

noun

  1. 1.That which represents something else.
  2. 2.The act of representing.
  3. 3.The lawyers and staff who argue on behalf of another in court.
  4. 4.The ability to elect a representative to speak on one's behalf in government; the role of this representative in government.
  5. 5.An object that describes an abstract group in terms of linear transformations of vector spaces; (more formally) a homomorphism from a group on a vector space to the general linear group (group of all bijective linear transformations) on the space.

Similar words

Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.

View synonyms & usage examples