Definitions for representative
ˌrɛp rɪˈzɛn tə tɪvrep·re·sen·ta·tive

Princeton's WordNet(4.17 / 6 votes)Rate this definition:

1. representative(noun)

   a person who represents others

2. spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice(noun)

   an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose

   "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"

3. congressman, congresswoman, representative(noun)

   a member of the United States House of Representatives

4. example, illustration, instance, representative(adj)

   an item of information that is typical of a class or group

   "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"

5. representative(adj)

   serving to represent or typify

   "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"

6. representative(adj)

   standing for something else

   "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"

7. representative(adj)

   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"

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. representative(Noun)

   One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.

   I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.

2. representative(Noun)

   A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.

   She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.

3. representative(Noun)

   One that is taken as typical of its class.

4. representative(Noun)

   A member of the US House of Representatives.

   All representatives face re-election every two years.

5. representative(Adjective)

   Typical; having the same properties of interest as a larger group.

Origin: From representatif.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Representative(adj)

   fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude

2. Representative(adj)

   bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people

3. Representative(adj)

   conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government

4. Representative(adj)

   serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family

5. Representative(adj)

   similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties

6. Representative(adj)

   giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8

7. Representative(noun)

   one who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude

8. Representative(noun)

   an agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority

9. Representative(noun)

   one who represents, or stands in the place of, another

10. Representative(noun)

    a member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress

11. Representative(noun)

    that which presents the full character of the type of a group

12. Representative(noun)

    a species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region

Origin: [Cf. LL. repraesentativus.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'representative' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4088

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'representative' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4338

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'representative' in Nouns Frequency: #722

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'representative' in Adjectives Frequency: #775

How to pronounce representative?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of representative in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of representative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of representative in a Sentence

1. Malachi Love-Robinson on Tuesday afternoon:

   I will have a legal representative there.

2. Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford:

   We are technically not at war, Representative Forbes.

3. Walt Whitman:

   I send no agent or medium, offer no representative of value,

4. Bruce Castor:

   I knew I had bound the commonwealth as a representative of the sovereign.

5. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov:

   We requested that future contacts take place in a more representative format.

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