No. 534 in Arabic
يمثل
"يمثل" means "to represent" or "to act."
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.
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