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)
• French: typique (fr), représentatif (fr)
• German: repräsentativ (de)
• Hebrew: מייצג m (meyatség), מייצגת f (meyatséget)
• Persian: نماینده (fa) (namâtande)

• Polish: reprezentatywny (pl)
• Romanian: reprezentativ (ro) m, n
• Russian: показательный (ru) (pokazátelʹnyj), характерный (ru) (xaraktérnyj), типичный (ru) (tipíčnyj)
• 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 m (mumáṯṯil)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 代表 (zh) (dàibiǎo)

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

  Sorani: نوێنه‌ر

• Latin: repraesentātīvus m, repraesentātīva f
• Persian: نماینده (fa) (namâtande)
• Polish: reprezentant (pl) m
• Portuguese: representante (pt) m, f
• Russian: представитель (ru) m (predstavítelʹ), представительница (ru) f (predstavítelʹnica), делегат (ru) m (delegát), уполномоченный (ru) m (upolnomóčennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: riochdaire m, neach-ionaid m
• Serbo-Croatian: poslanik
• Spanish: representante (es) m, f
• Swahili: wajumbe (sw)
• Swedish: representant (sv)
• Telugu: ప్రతినిధి (te) (pratinidhi)
• Welsh: cynrychiolydd (cy) m

representative of a constituency

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

• Persian: نماینده (fa) (namâtande)
• Russian: член палаты представителей m (člen paláty predstavítelej)
• Serbo-Croatian: poslanik m
• Swahili: wajumbe (sw)