Explanation and meaning of representative.

representative

/,rɛprɪ'zɛntətɪv/

noun
an item of information that is typical of a class or group
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example illustration instance

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information
noun
an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
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interpreter spokesperson voice

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proponent advocate advocator exponent
noun
a member of the United States House of Representatives
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congressman congresswoman

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legislator
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a person who represents others
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negotiant negotiator treater
adjective
being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives
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"representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"

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democratic
adjective
serving to represent or typify
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"representative moviegoers" "a representative modern play"

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typical
adjective
standing for something else
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"the bald eagle is representative of the United States"

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emblematic emblematical symbolical allegoric symbolic allegorical

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nonrepresentative

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