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    rep·re·sen·ta·tive
    [ˌreprəˈzen(t)ədiv]
    adjective
    representative (adjective)
    1. typical of a class, group, or body of opinion:
      "these courses are representative of those taken by most Harvard undergraduates"
      • containing typical examples of many or all types:
        "a representative sample of young people in the South"
    2. (of a legislative or deliberative assembly) consisting of people chosen to act and speak on behalf of a wider group:
      "the new government lacked a representative assembly"
      • (of a government or political system) based on elected representatives:
        "free elections and representative democracy"
    3. serving as a portrayal or symbol of something:
      "the show should be more representative of how women really are"
      • (of art) representational:
        "the bust involves a high degree of representative abstraction"
    4. philosophy
      relating to mental representation.
    noun
    representative (noun) · representatives (plural noun)
    1. a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others:
      "the Duke of Gloucester would attend the coronation as the representative of his father, King George V"
      • a person chosen or elected to speak and act on behalf of others in a legislative assembly or deliberative body:
        "the District of Columbia's representative in Congress" · "the Cambodian representative to the UN"
      • a delegate who attends a conference, negotiations, legal hearing, etc., so as to represent the interests of another person or group:
        "a PLO representative attending a meeting in Damascus"
      • an agent of a firm who travels to potential clients to sell its products:
        "a sales representative for Norwich Union"
      • an employee of a travel company who looks after the needs of its vacationing clients:
        "make your own way to the Valley Inn, where you will be contacted by our tour representative"
    2. an example of a class or group:
      "fossil representatives of lampreys and hagfishes"
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    adjective
    1. typical of a class, group, or body of opinion:
      typical
      prototypical
      characteristic
      illustrative
      indicative
      archetypal
      paradigmatic
      exemplary
      Opposite:
      atypical
      unrepresentative
      • serving as a portrayal or symbol of something:
        symbolic
        emblematic
        evocative
        noun
        1. a person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others:
          spokesperson
          spokesman
          spokeswoman
          agent
          officer
          official
          mouthpiece
          frontman
          PRO
          public relations officer
        2. an example of a class or group:
          example
          specimen
          exemplar
          exemplification
          type
          archetype
          illustration
         
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