Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

θ	thin	ð	this	ʃ	she	ʒ	measure
tʃ	church	dʒ	judge	ŋ	sing	j	yes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

-s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
-ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
-ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

represent

/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt/ verb

Forms represents representing represented repræsent re-present

verb (transitive) To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
verb (transitive) To portray visually; to delineate. “a landscape can be represented in a picture.”
verb (transitive) To portray by mimicry or acting; to act the part or character of. “It has always been his dream to represent Hamlet on Broadway.”
verb (transitive) To stand or act in the place of; to perform the duties, exercise the rights, or otherwise act on behalf of. “He sent his agent to represent himself at the meeting.”
verb (politics, transitive) To act as a representative of (a country, state, district etc.). “They chose a member of Congress to represent their district.”
verb (transitive) To portray to another using language; to show; to give one's own impressions and judgement of. “He represented that he was investigating for the police department.”
verb (transitive) To give an account of; to describe.
verb (transitive) To serve as a sign or symbol of. “The @ symbol represents the online world.”
verb (medicine) To present again, for instance for medical attention. “represented to the emergency department”
verb (by extension) To present again, possibly in an altered form. “video game represented as live-action television”

Synonyms

From Old French représenter, from Latin repraesentō. Displaced native Old English spelian (“to represent”).

verb To present again or anew; to present by means of something standing in the place of; to exhibit the counterpart or image of; to typify.
verb To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like.

Etymology [F. repr, L. repraesentare, repraesentatum; pref. re- re- + preesentare to place before, present. See Present, v. t.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “represent”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “represent” (best matches first).

ज्याय jyāya jyāyate, to represent a bowstring.
आनाय ā-nāya ānāyate, -yitum, to form or represent a net.
वत्साय vatsāya vatsāyati, etc., to represent or be like a calf.
पुष्कराय puṣkarāya puṣkarāyate, -yitum, to act as or represent a drum.
वराय varāya (?) varāyate, etc., to represent or become like a boon.
वकाय vakāya vakāyati, etc., to represent or act like the Asura Vaka.
युगलाय yugalāya yugalāyate, etc., to be like or represent a pair (of anything).
चन्द्राय candrāya candrāyate, to play the part of the moon, to represent the moon.