Definition of representative

adjective (a)

• standing for something else (adj.all)

  Antonym: nonrepresentative, unsymbolic
  

  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)

  Synonym: interpreter, spokesperson, voice
  

  source: wordnet30
• a member of the United States House of Representatives (noun.person)

  Synonym: congressman, congresswoman
  

  source: wordnet30
• an item of information that is typical of a class or group (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: example, illustration, instance
  

  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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