Definition of representatives Representatives
/ɹɛˌpɹʌzɛˈntʌtɪvz/ - [repruzentutivz] -
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What does representatives mean?
Wiktionary 
- representatives (Noun)
Plural of representative.
Part of speech
🔤- representatives, noun, plural of representative.
WordNet
NounPlural: representatives |
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| representative - a person who represents others | ||
| negotiant, negotiator, treater someone who negotiates (confers with others in order to reach a settlement) | ||
| agent an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect; "their research uncovered new disease agents" | ||
| alderman a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards" | ||
| assemblyman someone who is a member of a legislative assembly | ||
| assemblywoman a woman assemblyman | ||
| middleman, contact close interaction; "they kept in daily contact"; "they claimed that they had been in contact with extraterrestrial beings" | ||
| delegate a person appointed or elected to represent others | ||
| emissary, envoy someone sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else | ||
| chief of state, head of state the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government | ||
| personal representative a person who manages the affairs of another | ||
| resident commissioner the representative of Puerto Rico in the United States House of Representatives | ||
| representative - an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10" | ||
| example, illustration, instance | ||
| information (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information" | ||
| apology, excuse a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile" | ||
| exception a deliberate act of omission; "with the exception of the children, everyone was told the news" | ||
| case in point, precedent an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time | ||
| quintessence the most typical example or representative of a type | ||
| sample a small part of something intended as representative of the whole | ||
| representative - an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" | ||
| spokesperson, interpreter, voice | ||
| advocator, proponent, advocate, exponent a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea | ||
| ambassador a diplomat of the highest rank; accredited as representative from one country to another | ||
| flack catcher, flak catcher, flack, flak a slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer | ||
| mouthpiece, mouth the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly | ||
| spokesman a male spokesperson | ||
| spokeswoman a female spokesperson | ||
| representative - a member of the United States House of Representatives | ||
| congressman, congresswoman | ||
| legislator someone who makes or enacts laws | ||
Adjective |
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| representative - standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States" | ||
| nonrepresentative, unsymbolic not standing for something else | ||
| allegoric, allegorical used in or characteristic of or containing allegory; "allegorical stories"; "an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army" | ||
| representative - being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives; "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people" | ||
| democratic representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science"; "popular fiction" | ||
| representative - serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play" | ||
| typical conforming to a type; "the typical (or normal) American"; "typical teenage behavior" | ||
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Wiktionary
- representative (Noun)
One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation. - representative (Noun)
A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency. - representative (Noun)
One that is taken as typical of its class. - representative (Noun)
A member of the House of US House of Representatives . - representative (Adjective)
Typical; having the same properties of interest as a larger group.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- representative (a.)
Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude. - representative (a.)
Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. - representative (a.)
Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government. - representative (a.)
Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family. - representative (a.)
Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties. - representative (a.)
Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8. - representative (n.)
One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude. - representative (n.)
An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority. - representative (n.)
One who represents, or stands in the place of, another. - representative (n.)
A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. - representative (n.)
That which presents the full character of the type of a group. - representative (n.)
A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.
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representative
One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotation. -
representative
Capturing the overall sense of a thing; representing something by a form, model, or resemblance. -
representative
An item of information that is representative of a type or class.
Part of speech
🔤- representative, noun, singular of representatives.
