Definition of Representative
Representative
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.
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Representative Quotations
We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.
Colin Powell
Woman, or more precisely put, perhaps, marriage, is the representative of life with which you are meant to come to terms.
Franz Kafka
As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.
Sidney Poitier
In my case, the body of work stands for itself... I think my work has been representative of me as a man.
Sidney Poitier
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Edmund Burke
That fatal drollery called a representative government.
Benjamin Disraeli
I am grateful for the opportunities I have been given to participate in that work as a representative of my country, Canada, whose people have, I think, shown their devotion to peace.
Lester B. Pearson
We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty.
Daniel Webster
The muscular, athletic type is not representative of the human race, who are varied in their physique.
Vivienne Westwood
But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time.
Tom Hanks
Representative Translations
representative in Afrikaans is verteenwoordiger
representative in Danish is delegeret
representative in Dutch is gedeputeerde, afgevaardigde
representative in Italian is rappresentante
representative in Latin is responsal
representative in Portuguese is representante
representative in Spanish is substituto, representante
representative in Swedish is representant, representativ, ombud
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