representative

See also représentative

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Old French representatif.

Adjective

representative (comparative more representative, superlative most representative)

1. Typical; having the same properties of interest as a larger group.

   Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?

   If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore. — Texas State Senator Carl Parker.

Translations

typical

• Dutch: representatief (nl)
• Finnish: edustava (fi)
• German: repräsentativ (de)
• Hebrew: מייצג (he) (meyatség) m, מייצגת (he) (meyatséget) f,
• Persian: نماینده (fa) (namâtande)

• Polish: reprezentatywny
• Romanian: reprezentativ (ro) m and n
• Russian: показательный (ru) (pokazatelʹnyj), характерный (ru) (xarakternyj), типичный (ru) (tipičnyj)
• Spanish: representante (es)
• Swahili: wajumbe (sw)

Noun

representative (plural representatives)

1. One who may speak for another in a particular capacity, especially in negotiation.

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

2. A member of a legislative or governing body who represents a constituency.

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

3. One that is taken as typical of its class.
4. (US, politics) A member of the US House of Representatives.

   All representatives face re-election every two years.

Synonyms

• rep
• See also Wikisaurus:deputy

Related terms

• House of Representatives
• represent
• representative body
• Member of Parliament

Translations

one who speaks for another

• Arabic: ممثل (mumáθθil) m
• Chinese: 代表 (dàibiǎo)
• Czech: zástupce (cs) m
• Dutch: vertegenwoordiger (nl) m
• Finnish: edustaja (fi)
• French: représentant (fr) m, délégué (fr) m, mandataire (fr) m and f
• German: Repräsentant m
• Hebrew: נציג (he) (natsíg) m, נציגה (he) (netsigá) f
• Hungarian: képviselő (hu)
• Irish: uiríollaí (ga) m
• Italian: rappresentante (it) m and f
• Japanese: 代表者 (daihyōsha)
• Korean: 대표 (daepyo)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: نوێنه‌ر

• Latin: repraesentātīvus (la) m, repraesentātīva (la) f
• Persian: نماینده (fa) (namâtande)
• Polish: reprezentant (pl) m
• Portuguese: representante (pt) m and f
• Russian: представитель (predstavítel’) m, делегат (ru) (delegat), уполномоченный (ru) (upolnomočennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: riochdaire (gd) m, neach-ionaid (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian: poslanik (sh)
• Spanish: representante (es) m and f
• Swahili: wajumbe (sw)
• Swedish: representant
• Telugu: ప్రతినిధి (pratinidhi)
• Welsh: cynrychiolydd (cy) m

representative of a constituency

• Finnish: edustaja (fi)
• French: député (fr) m
• Latin: repraesentātīvus (la) m, repraesentātīva (la) f

• Persian: نماینده (fa) (namâtande)

one that is taken as typical of its class

• Finnish: edustaja (fi)

• Persian: نماینده (fa) (namâtande)

member of the House of Representatives

• Czech: poslanec (cs) m
• Finnish: edustaja (fi)
• French: représentant (fr) m
• Greek: βουλευτής (el) (vouleftís)
• Latin: repraesentātīvus (la) m, repraesentātīva (la) f

• Persian: نماینده (fa) (namâtande)
• Russian: член палаты представителей (ru) (člen palaty predstavitelej)
• Serbo-Croatian: poslanik (sh) m
• Swahili: wajumbe (sw)