Representation may refer to:
- Representation (politics), political activities undertaken by elected representatives, as well as other theories
- Representation in contract law, a pre-contractual statement that may (if untrue) result in liability for misrepresentation
- Labor representation, or worker representation, the work of a union representative who represents and defends the interests of fellow labor union members
- Legal representation, provided by a barrister, lawyer, or other advocate
- Lobbying or interest representation, attempts to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of officials
- "No taxation without representation", a 1700s slogan that summarized one of the American colonists' 27 colonial grievances in the Thirteen Colonies, which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution
- Permanent representation, a type of diplomatic mission
- Representation (arts), use of signs that stand in for and take the place of something else
- Representation (journal), an academic journal covering representative democracy
- Depiction, non-verbal representation through two-dimensional images (pictures) of things seen, remembered or imagined