Meaning of 'representative' (Webster Dictionary)
- Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
- Bearing the character or power of another; acting
for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.
- Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as
deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.
- Serving or fitted to present the full characters of
the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
- Similar in general appearance, structure, and
habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and
varieties.
- Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was
originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties;
representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
- One who, or that which, represents (anything); that
which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
- An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the
place of another, or others, being invested with his or their
authority.
- One who represents, or stands in the place of,
another.
- A member of the lower or popular house in a State
legislature, or in the national Congress.
- That which presents the full character of the type
of a group.
- A species or variety which, in any region, takes
the place of a similar one in another region.
Meaning of 'representative' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
Example in sentence:- the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government
Meaning (2):
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group
Example in sentence:- there is an example on page 10;
- this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome
Meaning (3):
- standing for something else
Example in sentence:- the bald eagle is representative of the United States
Meaning (4):
- serving to represent or typify
Example in sentence:- a representative modern play;
- representative moviegoers
Meaning (5):
- being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives
Example in sentence:- representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people
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