Meaning of representative | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A delegate.
2. Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body.
3. One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity.
4. One that serves as an example or type for others of the same classification.
5. An heir.
6. One that serves as a delegate or agent for another.
7. Specifically, a member of the United States House of Representatives.
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8. A member of a governmental body, usually legislative, chosen by popular vote.
9. A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.
10. Representing, depicting, or portraying or able to do so.
11. Something standing for something else.
12. Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment.
13. Authorized to act as an official delegate or agent.
14. A member of a particular class.
15. Of or characteristic of government by representation.
16. Something (especially a living organism) regarded as typical of its class; a type.
17. Like or typical of others of the same class.
18. A consistent choice of element from an equivalence class, used to identify it.
19. a person or thing that represents another or others
20. A substitute or analogue.
21. a person who represents and tries to sell the products or services of a firm, esp a travelling salesman. Often shortened to: rep
22. a typical example

Equivalents

Examples

“She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.”

“Each vessel in the Fleet has the right to send representatives to the Conclave aboard the flagship. The number of representatives is based on crew size. Larger clans, with bigger ships and more votes, form the cores of political blocs. Opposition comes from the Outriders' Coalition, with delegates from thousands of smaller ships.”

“I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.”

“This pathetic remonstrance had the desired effect upon his representative, who spared no pains to fulfill the request of the deceased […].”

“All representatives face re-election every two years.”

“The furniture was the same when she married..[ ]..The only representatives of to-day, were two large and comfortable arm-chairs, and a few elegant-looking trifles, the work of the Misses Granard.”

“The USS Manila Bay, in the next group south of Taffy 3, services aircraft from eleven different squadrons that aren't attached to her own flight group, and, at one point, has representatives from no less than four other carriers' airgroups on her flight deck at the same time.”

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