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Edward McKendree Bounds

Meaning of "representative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REPRESENTATIVE

representative  [ˌrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REPRESENTATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Representative can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES REPRESENTATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Representative

Representative may refer to: ▪ Legislator, someone who is part of a legislature ▪ House of Representatives ▪ Representatives ▪ Representatives ▪ Representative sample in statistics ▪ Representative democracy...

Definition of representative in the English dictionary

The first definition of representative in the dictionary is a person or thing that represents another or others. Other definition of representative is a person who represents and tries to sell the products or services of a firm, esp a travelling salesman Often shortened to: rep. Representative is also a typical example.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REPRESENTATIVE


alimentative
ˌælɪˈmɛntətɪv
argumentative
ˌɑːɡjʊˈmɛntətɪv
augmentative
ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv
authoritative
ɔːˈθɒrɪtətɪv
consultative
kənˈsʌltətɪv
experimentative
ɪkˌspɛrɪˈmɛntətɪv
facultative
ˈfækəltətɪv
fermentative
fəˈmentətɪv
frequentative
frɪˈkwɛntətɪv
interpretative
ɪnˈtɜːprɪtətɪv
meditative
ˈmɛdɪtətɪv
misrepresentative
ˌmɪsrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
presentative
prɪˈzɛntətɪv
preventative
prɪˈvɛntətɪv
putative
ˈpjuːtətɪv
qualitative
ˈkwɒlɪtətɪv
quantitative
ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv
tentative
ˈtɛntətɪv
unrepresentative
ˌʌnrɛprɪˈzɛntətɪv
vegetative
ˈvɛdʒɪtətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REPRESENTATIVE

represent
representability
representable
representamen
representant
representation
representational
representationalism
representationalistic
representationism
representationist
representations
representatively
representativeness
representee
representer
representment
representor
repress
repressed

WORDS THAT END LIKE REPRESENTATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
cumulative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
operative
relative

Synonyms and antonyms of representative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «REPRESENTATIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «representative» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of representative

Translation of «representative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF REPRESENTATIVE

Find out the translation of representative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of representative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «representative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

代表的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

representativo
570 millions of speakers

English

representative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतिनिधि
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نَائِب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отображающий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

representante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিনিধি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

représentatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wakil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stellvertretend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

代表する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대표적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wakil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điển hình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரதிநிதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतिनिधी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

temsilci
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rappresentante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

reprezentacyjny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

представницький
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reprezentativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αντιπροσωπευτικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verteenwoordiger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

representativ
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

representativ
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of representative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REPRESENTATIVE»

The term «representative» is very widely used and occupies the 5.105 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «REPRESENTATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «representative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «representative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about representative

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10 QUOTES WITH «REPRESENTATIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word representative.
1
Mortimer Adler
An educated person is one who, through the travail of his own life, has assimilated the ideas that make him representative of his culture.
2
Riz Ahmed
I don't feel that any kind of narrow stereotypes are representative of the work I've done, nor the range of the audience that work has found. I've played lots of different roles, and they've connected with lots of different people.
3
Alessandra Ambrosio
I am extremely excited to develop and design a brand representative of my life, experiences and style. Working closely with Cherokee will help establish a worldwide presence with best-in-class retailers and category leaders.
4
Jennifer Armintrout
The reason Jennifer Lawrence is allowed to be a body-positive role model to young girls and 'chubby' women is because she is representative of conventional beauty.
5
Paddy Ashdown
It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
6
Stephen Baldwin
I'm just the messenger here. I'm just another representative of my faith, so to speak.
7
Steve Ballmer
I'm not sure blogs are necessarily the best place to get a pulse on anything. People want to blog for a variety of reasons, and that may or may not be representative.
8
John Banner
Schultz is not a Nazi. I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in any generation.
9
Edward McKendree Bounds
Praying men are God's agents on earth, the representative of government of Heaven, set to a specific task on the earth.
10
James Bovard
There are a lot of benefits representative of government and it is far better than any type of dictatorial system and it is far better than a one-man rule situation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REPRESENTATIVE»

Discover the use of representative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to representative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Representative Democracy: Principles and Genealogy
But here, taking as her guide Thomas Paine’s subversive view that “Athens, by representation, would have surpassed her own democracy,” Nadia Urbinati challenges this accepted wisdom, arguing that political representation deserves to ...
Nadia Urbinati, 2008
2
Perception: A Representative Theory
What is the nature of, and what is the relationship between, external objects and our visual perceptual experience of them? In this book, Frank Jackson defends the answers provided by the traditional Representative theory of perception.
Frank Jackson, 1977
3
Utilitarianism, Liberty & Representative Government
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) was a British philosopher, political economist, civil servant, and Member of Parliament. An advocate of utilitarianism, he was one of the most influential liberal thinkers of the 19th century.
John Stuart Mill, 2007
4
The Principles of Representative Government
Challenging the conventionally held views on the subject, Professor Manin reminds us that while today representative institutions and democracy appear as virtually indistinguishable, when representative government was first established in ...
Bernard Manin, 1997
5
The Representative of Humanity: Between Lucifer and Ahriman ...
The authors offer indications regarding the realm and content out of which the work arose, the environment in which it is situated, and the artists who created it: Rudolf Steiner and the trained sculptress Edith Marym.
Judith von Halle, A. John Wilkes, 2010
6
Representative Bureaucracy: Classic Readings and Continuing ...
The readings in this collection provide a comprehensive guide to the established knowledge and emerging issues regarding democratizing public bureaucracies by making them socially representative.
Julie A. Dolan, David H. Rosenbloom, 2003
7
Get, Set & Grow : A Handbook Of Medical Representative
Get Set & Grow Is An Attempt To Properly Channelize The Full Potential Of A Medical Representative In The Right Direction.
Vivek Mehrotra, 1996
8
The Good Representative
Timely and original, this book rejects the tendency to equate respect for the preferences of citizens with neutrality on the standards used in choosing their representatives.
Suzanne Dovi, 2012
9
The Future of Representative Democracy
Paying close attention to the unfinished, two-centuries-old relationship between democracy and representation, this book offers a fresh perspective on current problems and dilemmas of representative democracy and the possible future ...
Sonia Alonso, John Keane, Wolfgang Merkel, 2011
10
The Promise of Representative Bureaucracy: Diversity and ...
In fleshing out the implications of representative bureaucracy, the book makes an important contribution to the debates on bureaucratic power and illuminates the tensions underlying the assumptions of bureaucratic neutrality and affirmative ...
Sally Coleman Selden, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REPRESENTATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term representative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Former U.S. Representative Grimm Sentenced To Prison For Tax …
Former U.S. Representative Michael Grimm (R-NY) got something of a break earlier today when he was sentenced to just eight months in prison on tax related ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
US trade representative sees Pacific trade pact before Congress by …
WASHINGTON U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman said he hopes to wrap up a trade deal with 11 other Pacific Rim nations soon and send it to the U.S. ... «Reuters, Jul 15»
3
Rapper Killer Mike wanted to run for Georgia state representative
Rapper Killer Mike announced he was running as a write-in candidate for representative of Georgia's 55th district in the state legislature, only to renounce his ... «Atlanta Journal Constitution, Jun 15»
4
Taxing the rich leads to representative government. Happy 800th …
The deepest lesson to be found here is that the first glimmers of representative government came out of the king's power to tax the most powerful. Without ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
5
Representative Rob Bishop Introduces Bill To Curb BATFE Abuse
On Wednesday, June 10, 2015, Chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources Rob Bishop (R-UT) introduced H.R. 2710, the “Lawful Purpose and ... «Daily Caller, Jun 15»
6
In effort to fix woes in VA care, Moulton taps own experience
“Our primary concern is providing quality health care to our nation's heroes, and Representative Seth Moulton is certainly deserving of that care,” she said. «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
7
Greek Finance Ministry Nominates Varoufakis Aide as IMF …
ATHENS—Elena Panaritis, an aide to Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, will be the country's new representative to the International Monetary Fund, the ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
8
After jail, ex-state representative mulls another run
Former State Representative Carlos Henriquez, who served jail time for his conviction in 2014 for assaulting a woman, is mulling another run for public office ... «Boston Globe, May 15»
9
Negotiations on TPP in 'end-game', says US trade representative
Manila (AFP) - Negotiations to form the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade zone are in the "end-game", US Trade Representative Mike Froman said ... «Business Insider, May 15»
10
How representative are our MPs now? More are women, more are …
There's been a big effort, notably by Labour, to encourage a more diverse range of candidates for parliament. By this measure, the class of 2015 has been a ... «The Guardian, May 15»

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