representative

representative
representative [rep΄rə zen′tə tiv]
adj.
[ME < MFr or ML: MFr représentatif < ML repraesentativus]
1. representing or serving to represent; specif.,
a) picturing; portraying; reproducing
b) acting or speaking, esp. by due authority, in the place or on behalf of another or others; esp., serving as a delegate in a legislative assembly
2. composed of persons duly authorized, as by election, to act and speak for others [a representative assembly]
3. of, characterized by, or based on representation of the people by elected delegates [representative government]
4. being an example or type of a certain class or kind of thing; typical [a building representative of modern architecture]
n.
1. a person or thing enough like the others in its class or kind to serve as an example or type
2. a person duly authorized to act or speak for another or others; specif.,
a) a member of a legislative assembly
b) a salesman or agent for a business firm
☆ 3. [R-] a member of the lower house of Congress ( House of Representatives) or of a State legislature
representatively
adv.
representativeness
n.

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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