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Meaning of representation in English

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representation noun ( ACTING FOR )

  • Defendants have a right to legal representation and must be informed of that right when they are arrested .
  • The farmers demanded greater representation in parliament .
  • The main opposing parties have nearly equal representation in the legislature .
  • The scheme is intended to increase representation of minority groups .
  • The members are chosen by a system of proportional representation.
  • admissibility
  • evidentiary hearing
  • extinguishment
  • extrajudicial
  • out-of-court
  • pay damages
  • pettifoggery

representation noun ( DESCRIPTION )

  • anti-realism
  • anti-realist
  • complementary
  • confederate
  • naturalistically
  • non-figurative
  • non-representational
  • symbolization
  • ultrarealism

representation noun ( INCLUDING ALL )

  • all manner of something idiom
  • alphabet soup
  • it takes all sorts (to make a world) idiom
  • odds and ends
  • of every stripe/of all stripes idiom
  • polycentric
  • variety is the spice of life idiom
  • wide choice

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