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noun
1.
a person or thing that represents another or others.
2.
an agent or deputy: a legal representative.
3.
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.
4.
a typical example or specimen of a group, quality, or kind.
adjective
5.
serving to represent; representing.
6.
standing or acting for another or others.
7.
made up of representatives: a representative assembly.
8.
Government. of or pertaining to a system of governance by chosen representatives, usually elected from among a large group, as in representative democracy; representative government.
9.
EXPANDexemplifying a group or kind; typical: a representative selection of Elizabethan plays.
10.
corresponding to or replacing some other species or the like, as in a different locality.
11.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of representationalism.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus, equivalent to repraesentāt(us) (see representation) + -īvus -ive
1350–1400; Middle English (adj.) < Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus, equivalent to repraesentāt(us) (see representation) + -īvus -ive
Related forms
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
EXPANDo·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
5. symbolic, exemplary, typical, characteristic.
5. symbolic, exemplary, typical, characteristic.
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| representative (ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that represents another or others |
| 2. | Often shortened to: rep a person who represents and tries to sell the products or services of a firm, esp a travelling salesman |
| 3. | a typical example |
| 4. | See also House of Representatives 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) |
| 5. | (NZ) a rugby player, football player, etc, chosen to represent a province in interprovincial sports |
| —adj | |
| 6. | serving to represent; symbolic |
| 7. | a. exemplifying a class or kind; typical: a representative example of the species |
| b. containing or including examples of all the interests, types, etc, in a group: a representative collection | |
| 8. | acting as deputy or proxy for another or others |
| 9. | acting for or representing a constituency or the whole people in the process of government: a representative council |
| 10. | of, characterized by, or relating to the political principle of representation of the people: representative government |
| 11. | of or relating to a mental picture or representation |
| repre'sentatively | |
| —adv | |
| repre'sentativeness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
representative
"serving to represent," late 14c., from O.Fr. representatif (early 14c.), from M.L. repræsentativus, from L. repræsentare (see represent), Meaning "standing for others" is from 1620s; in the political sense of "holding the place of the people in the government,
EXPANDhaving citizens represented by chosen persons" is first recorded 1620s. Noun use first recorded 1640s; first used 1690s in noun sense of "member of a legislative body."
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