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rɪˈzɛnnoun
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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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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Cultural Dictionary
representatives definition
Popularly elected officials who serve in state legislatures and in the House of Representatives in Congress. Representing the local districts from which they are elected, representatives support the interests of their constituents by proposing bills and programs. Elected for two-year terms, representatives in Congress must be sensitive to their constituents' concerns in order to be reelected.
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