representative
a person or thing that represents another or others.
an agent or deputy: a legal representative.
a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, especially a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures.
a typical example or specimen of a group, quality, or kind.
serving to represent; representing.
standing or acting for another or others.
made up of representatives: a representative assembly.
Government. of or relating to a system of governance by chosen representatives, usually elected from among a large group, as in representative democracy; representative government.
exemplifying a group or kind; typical: a representative selection of Elizabethan plays.
corresponding to or replacing some other species or the like, as in a different locality.
of, relating to, or characteristic of representationalism.
pertaining to or of the nature of a mental image or representation.
Origin of representative
1Other words for representative
Other words from representative
- rep·re·sent·a·tive·ly, adverb
- rep·re·sent·a·tive·ness, noun
- non·rep·re·sent·a·tive, noun, adjective
- non·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ly, adverb
- non·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ness, noun
- o·ver·rep·re·sent·a·tive, adjective
- o·ver·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ly, adverb
- o·ver·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ness, noun
- un·rep·re·sent·a·tive, adjective
- un·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ly, adverb
- un·rep·re·sent·a·tive·ness, noun
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How to use representative in a sentence
Registration is $10 and participants will be calling their representatives in Congress.
Awbrey used to be Faulconer’s representative for the Midway area.
Politics Report: Forged Footnote 15 | Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts | September 12, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoGoogle has more than 10,000 raters around the world, including one in every single state in order to get a representative view of all searchers.
Google now uses BERT to match stories with fact checks | Barry Schwartz | September 10, 2020 | Search Engine LandThe actor’s representatives didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
‘Batman’ movie starring Robert Pattinson halts filming over coronavirus case | radmarya | September 3, 2020 | FortuneAndrea Salinas, a state representative from Lake Oswego, said she would file a bill to restore severance taxes.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry | by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive | September 2, 2020 | ProPublica
Duke was a state representative whose neo-Nazi alliances were disgorged in media reports during his run for governor in 1991.
There are four photos there of representative presidential candidates.
Today’s GOP: Still Cool With Racist Pandering? | Michael Tomasky | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTScalise was a state representative old enough to remember the notoriety of Farrell and Knight from years before.
For his part, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has expressed his “full confidence” in representative Scalise.
He is a representative of the Free Russia Foundation, an organization which aims to rebuild freedom and democracy in Russia.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015 | Movements.Org | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was the most distinguished representative of the English school of composition, and was knighted in 1842.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellBy far the most important of the conjugate sulphates and representative of the group is potassium indoxyl sulphate.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddIt is not surprising after this to learn that some children are slow in seizing the representative character of acting.
Children's Ways | James SullyIt had its counterpart on the political side in the rise of representative democratic government.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockLike art, too, on its representative side, play aims at producing an imitation or semblance of something.
Children's Ways | James Sully
British Dictionary definitions for representative
/ (ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv) /
a person or thing that represents another or others
a person who represents and tries to sell the products or services of a firm, esp a travelling salesman: Often shortened to: rep
a typical example
a person representing a constituency in a deliberative, legislative, or executive body, esp (capital) a member of the House of Representatives (the lower house of Congress): See also House of Representatives
NZ a rugby player, football player, etc, chosen to represent a province in interprovincial sports
serving to represent; symbolic
exemplifying a class or kind; typical: a representative example of the species
containing or including examples of all the interests, types, etc, in a group: a representative collection
acting as deputy or proxy for another or others
acting for or representing a constituency or the whole people in the process of government: a representative council
of, characterized by, or relating to the political principle of representation of the people: representative government
of or relating to a mental picture or representation
Derived forms of representative
- representatively, adverb
- representativeness, noun
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