Sekirov Dictionary

representative

/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt(ət)ɪv/

noun 13
adjective 2
forms 3

noun13

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someone whose job is to speak and act in place of another person or a company
- I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
A delegate.
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Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body.
- She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
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(US) Specifically, a member of the United States House of Representatives.
- All representatives face re-election every two years.
A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.
A member of a particular class.
Something (especially a living organism) regarded as typical of its class; a type.
A consistent choice of element from an equivalence class, used to identify it.
Something standing for something else.
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Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment.
- The furniture was the same when she married..[ ]..The only representatives of to-day, were two large and comfortable arm-chairs, and a few elegant-looking trifles, the work of the Misses Granard. — 1838
A substitute or analogue.
(UK) A worker at a holiday resort who escorts guests and leads activities.
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An heir.
- This pathetic remonstrance had the desired effect upon his representative, who spared no pains to fulfill the request of the deceased […]. — 1751

adjective2

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Representing, showing a likeness.
- Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
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Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
- If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore. — 1977

forms

representatives · more representative · most representative

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