represent

form or compose

“This money is my only income”

“The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance”

“These constitute my entire belonging”

“The children made up the chorus”

be the defense counsel for someone in a trial

“Ms. Smith will represent the defendant”

“They want to represent the prisoners”

create an image or likeness of

“The painter represented his wife as a young girl”

play a role or part

“Gielgud played Hamlet”

“She wants to act Lady Macbeth, but she is too young for the role”

“She played the servant to her husband's master”

perform (a play), especially on a stage

“we are going to stage ‘Othello’”

describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality

“He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel”

point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance

“our parents represented to us the need for more caution”

bring forward and present to the mind

“We presented the arguments to him”

“We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason”

to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets)