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How to spell represent
Represent is spelled R-E-P-R-E-S-E-N-T.
What it means: To symbolize or stand for something.
In a sentence: A flag can represent a country.
Same family: representation, representative, represented, representing, re-present. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: “Represent” comes from Latin roots meaning “to present again” (re- ‘again’ + praesentare ‘to present’). Over time, English speakers extended this idea from ‘showing again’ to ‘performing or standing in place of something,’ including performing a story on stage.
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