~ (of sb/sth)
1 a person who has been chosen to speak or vote for sb else or on behalf of a group:
a representative of the UN * our elected representatives in government * a student / union representative * The committee includes representatives from industry.
2 (also informal rep) a person who works for a company and travels around selling its products:
a sales representative * She's our representative in France.
3 a person chosen to take the place of sb else:
He was the Queen's representative at the ceremony.
4 a person who is typical of a particular group:
The singer is regarded as a representative of the youth of her generation.
5 (Representative) (abbreviation Rep.) (in the US) a member of the House of Representatives, the Lower House of Congress; a member of the House of Representatives in the lower house of a state parliament
Part of speech: adjective
1 ~ (of sb/sth) typical of a particular group of people:
Is a questionnaire answered by 500 people truly representative of the population as a whole? * The paper-thin models in magazines are not representative of most women.
2 [usuallybeforenoun] containing or including examples of all the different types of people or things in a large group:
a representative sample of teachers
3 ~ (of sth) able to be used as a typical example of sth:
The painting is not representative of his work of the period.
4 (of a system of government, etc.) consisting of people who have been chosen to speak or vote on behalf of the rest of a group:
a representative democracy
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