English to English
representative
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adjective (a)
- standing for something else(adj.all)Example:
The bald eagle is representative of the United States.
source: wordnet30 - Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a person who represents others(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a member of the United States House of Representatives(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- an item of information that is typical of a class or group(noun.cognition)source: wordnet30
- One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- serving to represent or typify(adj.all)Example:
Representative moviegoers.
A representative modern play.
source: wordnet30 - being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives(adj.all)Example:
Representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people.
source: wordnet30
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