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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rep•re•sent•a•tive /ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person or thing that represents another or others.
- Governmenta person who represents a certain group of people or a community in a law-making body, esp. a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or of the lower house in certain state legislatures.
- a typical example of something:thought of him as a representative of the modern executive.
adj. - serving to represent;
representing;
including typical members of a certain population:a representative group to see the mayor. - Government of, characterized by, or based on representation of the people in government:[before a noun]a representative democracy.
- being a typical example of a group or kind;
typical:Is this painting representative of your work?
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rep•re•sent•a•tive (rep′ri zen′tə tiv),USA pronunciation n. - a person or thing that represents another or others.
- an agent or deputy:a legal representative.
- Governmenta person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, esp. a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures.
- a typical example or specimen of a group, quality, or kind.
adj. - serving to represent;
representing. - standing or acting for another or others.
- Governmentmade up of representatives:a representative assembly.
- Governmentof or pertaining to a system of governance by chosen representatives, usually elected from among a large group:representative government.
- exemplifying a group or kind;
typical:a representative selection of Elizabethan plays. - corresponding to or replacing some other species or the like, as in a different locality.
- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of representationalism.
- pertaining to or of the nature of a mental image or representation.
- Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus, equivalent. to repraesentāt(us) (see representation) + -īvus -ive
- Middle English (adjective, adjectival) 1350–1400
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged symbolic, exemplary, typical, characteristic.
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