يمثل

In a sentence

• الطالب يمثل مدرسته في المسابقة.

  The student represents his school in the competition.

  Here, "يمثل" means 'to represent,' indicating acting as a representative or symbol of a larger group (school in this context).

• هذا الرسم يمثل فكرة المصمم.

  This drawing represents the designer's idea.

  In this sentence, "يمثل" means 'to depict' or 'to show,' used to indicate representation of a conceptual entity, the idea.

• الممثل يمثل دور البطل في الفيلم.

  The actor plays the role of the hero in the movie.

  Here, "يمثل" means 'to act or perform,' describing the action of portraying a character in a performance.