The verb represent has 15 senses (first 10 from tagged texts)
1. (39) represent, stand for, correspond -- (take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to; "Because of the sound changes in the course of history, an 'h' in Greek stands for an 's' in Latin")
2. (30) typify, symbolize, symbolise, stand for, represent -- (express indirectly by an image, form, or model; be a symbol; "What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?")
3. (14) represent -- (be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven")
4. (11) represent -- (be a delegate or spokesperson for; represent somebody's interest or be a proxy or substitute for, as of politicians and office holders representing their constituents, or of a tenant representing other tenants in a housing dispute; "I represent the silent majority")
5. (9) represent -- (serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl")
6. (8) exemplify, represent -- (be characteristic of; "This compositional style is exemplified by this fugue")
7. (5) constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be -- (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"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army")
8. (2) defend, represent -- (be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant")
9. (2) represent, interpret -- (create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl")
10. (1) act, play, represent -- (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")
11. stage, present, represent -- (perform (a play), especially on a stage; "we are going to stage `Othello'")
12. represent -- (describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel")
13. represent -- (point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution")
14. present, represent, lay out -- (bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason")
15. map, represent -- (to establish a mapping (of mathematical elements or sets))