representative
624
3.5
- noun
- /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv/
:
representante
- Every district has a representative who brings community concerns to the city council.
- a workplace representative
- elect representatives
- a local representative
But I do feel like a representative of our group.
- But I do feel like a representative of our group.
- We recognize Beijing as the representative of the Chinese people.
- And as she goes to speak, the two Saudi representatives get up and walk out the door.
- Or have people step in as representatives for them to fight.
- So they haven't picked who the Fey Council representative is going to be.
- You're worshipping multiple representatives of the divine.
- And I, I happen to be a well known sort of representative of that idea, but it's not mine.
- The power to make laws belongs to the people and their representatives.
- I have so much respect for my friends that are actors and they have representatives and they go out on those auditions.
- I think they chose their representatives, their stars.
- It has to be consensus, though, for the one representative president to speak.
- He's going to call it the representative of the law before too long.
- There's one representative of that group on this group.
- People are mad that she is like the representative.
Examples
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I worked closely with Representative Mary Rose Oakar of Cleveland, who chaired the task force.
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The Russian Orthodox Church was not invited to send its representative to the committee.
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But I do feel like a representative of our group.
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I just want to be able to be a representative of who these women are.
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We still have representatives that vote for us.
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This time she was invited as a representative of Japan.
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How is it that the representative speaks for me?
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Participants were invited as individuals rather than as representatives of an organization.
Academic text (2011) -
We recognize Beijing as the representative of the Chinese people.
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For many Afghans, the police are the most visible security providers and representatives of the government.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
2.8
A person who helps and represents someone in business, legal, or official matters
572
4.1
A person chosen to represent a group at a meeting or conference
498
3.1
A man who officially speaks for a group or organization
223
3.6
An official person who represents their country abroad and negotiates with other countries
123
3.5
A person who speaks for a group or company to the public
106
3.0
A woman who speaks for a group or organization
96
4.5
A person who represents and promotes something like a company or charity
94
6.6
A person sent by a government to talk and make agreements with another country
19
5.8
A person who acts for someone else at meetings or votes
16
3.7
A person who works for the government and acts for it
8
9.5
A person who represents a government in another country
3
3.9
A person who can act for someone in legal matters, for example signing papers
1
9.9
A person chosen to act for a group, like a city or university, in business and legal matters
A person who speaks for someone or a group
A person who acts for someone in talks or negotiations
A person who a government or organization sends to speak for it at official meetings
An old word for a senior official who a country sends to represent it in another country
Antonyms
Compounds
7
2.7
A person who contacts customers to sell a company's products and services
- Specialized
4
4.4
A small group chosen to show the larger group's main features
- Formal
3
3.9
A person who can act for someone in legal matters, for example signing papers
- Formal
3
6.9
A person chosen by law to manage someone's affairs and money after they die
1
4.5
A person who manages client accounts and keeps in contact with them for a company
- Jargon
1
8.2
A person licensed to manage client accounts and give advice at a brokerage or investment firm
- Specialized
1
5.9
A method of dividing people into groups and randomly choosing from each group so the sample matches the whole group
1
4.6
A government official and office that makes and negotiates trade rules for the United States with other countries
A United States government office that makes and carries out the President's trade policy with other countries
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Representative comes from the verb represent, which is related to present and originally meant 'to show' or 'stand for' someone. So a representative is a person who 'stands in' or speaks on behalf of others.