Dictionary Definition
representative adj
1 serving to represent or typify; "representative
moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
2 standing for something else; "the bald eagle is
representative of the United States" [ant: nonrepresentative]
3 being or characteristic of government by
representation in which citizens exercise power through elected
officers and representatives; "representative government as defined
by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for
the people"
Noun
1 a person who represents others
2 an advocate who represents someone else's
policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for
all the major organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, interpreter, voice]
3 a member of the United States House of
Representatives [syn: congressman, congresswoman]
4 an item of information that is representative
of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the
syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10" [syn: example, illustration, instance]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Etymology
From representatif.Adjective
- Typical; having the same properties of interest as a larger
group.
- Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's
writing?
- If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore. — Texas State Senator Carl Parker.
- Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's
writing?
Translations
typical
- Dutch: representatief
- German: repräsentativ
- Hebrew: , ,
- Polish: reprezentatywny
- Spanish: representante
Noun
- One who may speak for another in a particular capacity,
especially in negotation.
- I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
- A member of the
US House of Representatives.
- All representatives face re-election every two years.
- A designated member of an equivalence class.
- We usually choose 0 and 1 as representatives of the even and odd numbers.
Translations
one who speaks for another
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 代表 (dàibiǎo)
- Dutch: vertegenwoordiger
- Finnish: edistaka
- French: représentant
- German: Repräsentant
- Hebrew: ,
- Hungarian: képviselő
- Italian: rappresentante m|f
- Japanese: 代表者 (daihyōsha)
- Korean: 대표 (daepyo)
- Kurdish:
- Polish: reprezentant
- Portuguese: representante m|f
- Russian: представитель (predstavítel’)
- Serbian: poslanik
- Spanish: representante m|f
- Swedish: representant
member of the US House of Representatives
- Czech: poslanec
Extensive Definition
Representative may refer to:
- Representation
- Legislator, someone who is part of a legislature
- House of Representatives
representative in Simple English:
Representative
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
MP, Member
of Congress, Member of Parliament, acting, advocate, agent, alderman, alter ego, alternate, alternative, ambassador, amicus curiae,
analogy, antetype, antitype, apish, archetypal, archetype, assemblyman, attorney, backup, backup man, badge, banner, biotype, case, case history, case in point,
catchpole, champion, change, changeling, character, characteristic, chosen, chosen freeholder, city
father, classic, classic
example, classical,
commissioner,
comparison, congressman, congresswoman, connotative, copy, councilman, counterfeit, criterion, cross section,
delegate, delineative, delineatory, democratic, demonstration, demonstrative, denominative, denotative, depictive, deputative, deputy, descriptive, designative, device, diagnostic, differentia, double, dummy, earmark, echoic, elected, emblem, emblematic, embodiment, embodying, emissary, envoy, epitome, equal, equivalent, ersatz, evidential, evocative, example, exchange, executive officer,
exemplar, exemplary, exemplification,
exhibitive, explanation, exponent, expositive, expressive, faithful, fake, figural, figurative, figurehead, fill-in, floor
leader, fugleman,
fugler, genotype, ghost, ghostwriter, graphic, hallmark, ideal, identifying, ideographic, idiosyncrasy, idiosyncratic, illustration, illustrational, illustrative, image, imitatee, imitation, imitative, implicative, incarnating, index, indicant, indicating, indicative, indicator, indicatory, individual, insignia, instance, keynote, lawgiver, lawmaker, lead, legate, legislator, lieutenant, lifelike, limning, locum, locum tenens, majority
leader, makeshift,
mark, meaningful, measure, metaphor, metaphorical, metonymy, mimetic, mimish, minority leader, mirror, missionary, model, naming, naturalistic, next best
thing, note, object lesson,
onomatopoeic,
original, paradigm, paradigmatic, paranymph, party whip,
pathognomonic,
pattern, peculiar, peculiarity, personifying, personnel, phony, pictographic, pictorial, picture, pinch hitter, pleader, portraying, precedent, precedential, procurator, property, prototypal, prototype, proxy, quintessential, realistic, relevant instance,
relief, rep, replacement, representation, representational,
representing,
reserves, ringer, rule, sample, sampling, seal, second in command, second
string, secondary,
semantic, semiotic, senator, sigil, sign, signal, signalizing, signature, significant, significative, signifying, simulative, solon, spares, specimen, spokesman, spokeswoman, stamp, stand-in, standard, state senator,
sub, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum, suggestive, superseder, supplanter, sure sign,
surrogate, symbol, symbolic, symbolistic, symbolizing, symbological, symptom, symptomatic, symptomatologic,
synecdoche, telltale
sign, third string, token,
trait, true to life,
type, type species, type
specimen, typical,
typical example, typification, typifying, understudy, urtext, utility man, utility
player, vicar, vicar
general, vice,
vice-president, vice-regent, vicegerent, vivid, well-drawn, whip