REPRESENTATIVE

REP ·RE ·SEN ·TA ·TI ·VE 5 syllables

B1 · Intermediate 📏 14 letters 🎲 Scrabble 19 ✅ valid word

Useful in everyday and work contexts.

noun
  1. a person who represents others
  2. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
  3. a member of the United States House of Representatives
  4. an item of information that is typical of a class or group

💬 Examples

  • "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
  • "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"
  • "there is an example on page 10"

🔗 Similar words

spokespersoninterpretervoicecongressmancongresswomanexample
adjective
  1. serving to represent or typify
  2. standing for something else
  3. being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives

💬 Examples

  • "representative moviegoers"
  • "a representative modern play"
  • "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"
  • "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"
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