representative
pronunciation
How to pronounce representative in British English:
UK [ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv]
How to pronounce representative in American English:
US [ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv]
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- Noun:
- a person who represents others
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- a member of the United States House of Representatives
- an item of information that is representative of a type
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- Adjective:
- serving to represent or typify
- standing for something else
- being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives
Word Origin
- representative (adj.)
- "serving to represent," late 14c., from Old French representatif (early 14c.), from Medieval Latin repraesentativus, from stem of Latin repraesentare (see represent). Meaning "standing for others" is from 1620s; in the political sense of "holding the place of the people in the government, having citizens represented by chosen persons" is first recorded 1620s. Meaning "pertaining to or founded on representation of the people" is from 1640s.
- representative (n.)
- 1640s, "example, type," from representative (adj.); 1690s in sense of "member of a legislative body."
Example
- 1. A fidelity representative declined to comment .
- 2. A bdo representative declined to comment .
- 3. For his study , mr brashears used data from a nationally representative experiment .
- 4. Roscoe g. bartlett is a republican representative from maryland .
- 5. Though far from a modern democratic assembly , it was at least a first step towards representative government that included local representation .