Definition: 1. A person who represents others. 2. An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose. 3. A member of the United States House of Representatives. 4. An item of information that is representative of a type. 5. Serving to represent or typify. 6. Standing for something else.
Use 'representative' in a sentence:
1. "The President is the direct representative of the American people," he lectured the Senate when it opposed him.
2. As the King's representative he took precedence over everyone else on the island.
3. Only one representative, Jad Tabet from Lebanon, tried to raise the issue.
4. He was in no way representative of dog trainers in general.
5. I would think that a lot of customers would be bothered by, if I'm shopping, I don't know if I'd want some business representative coming up to me and asking me questions.
6. Well, at three thirty, you're seeing our sales representative there and then you're free till evening.
7. He was the Queen's representative at the ceremony.
8. Representatives from across the horse industry will attend the meeting.
9. Why does the speaker choose that amphibian as her representative of a public creature?
10. Representatives of the other branches adopted a decidedly different view.
11. The legal profession is starting to be less elitist and more representative.
12. ' The community are getting impatient, 'said a representative of the Residents' Association.
13. Beijing Opera is the most representative of all Chinese traditional dramatic art forms and the largest Chinese opera form.
14. Others turned their attention to a proposal by representative Jeff Flake to cut $18 million from the defense budget.
15. it is reasonable to expect our television programmes to be more representative of Chinese society.
16. At three thirty, you're seeing our sales representative there and then you're free till evening.
17. I'd like to know if you'd be willing to join us as a student representative on the interview committee.
18. This very argument provides ammunition for those who claim that most of Douglass' ideas, being so representative of their time, are now obsolete.
19. A Moon Express representative declined to comment on this story but noted that the company is very optimistic about its proposal.
20. The House of Representatives approved a new budget plan.
21. We get a very representative mix of people.
22. The representatives almost came to blows at a meeting.
23. With an election coming soon, your representative should be very responsive to your request.
24. He seemed to take it for granted that he should speak as a representative.
25. These comments from a customer service representative show how an inclusive attitude can improve sales.
26. He was in no way representative of dog-trainers in general.
27. She had a stressful job as a sales representative.
28. They must admit without equivocation or ambiguity that the organization is the sole and only representative of the Palestinian people.
29. Representatives of both parties shared a platform.
30. Representatives went to Japan to pitch the company's newest products.
31. Pennsylvania State Representative Scott Petri says governments simply do not have enough money to extend unemployment insurance.
32. The country is governed by elected representatives of the people.
33. Employees from each department elect a representative.
34. The new head of state should be chosen by an 87 member representative council.
35. Representatives from the country were included as observers at the conference.
36. She's our representative in France.
37. The singer is regarded as a representative of the youth of her generation.
38. Our representatives are ready to help you at all times.
39. The majority of seats on the board will be held by business representatives.
40. The survey covers a representative sample of schools.
41. The painting is not representative of his work of the period.
42. Voters are interested in the representative's ability to bring home the bacon.
43. Extracurricular activities reflect the differences in child rearing in the Pew survey, which was of a nationally representative sample of 1,807 parents.
44. Extracurricular activities reflect the differences in child-rearing in the Pew survey, which was of a nationally representative sample of 1,807 parents.
45. Beaten first by the march of technology and lately by the terrible weather in junkyards, the phone boxes representative of an age are now making something of a comeback.
46. The committee is comprised of representatives from both the public and private sectors.
47. Robert Lighthizer, the United States Trade Representative, says Japan's trade barriers far exceed those of any other major industrial country.
48. The committee includes representatives from industry.
49. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives is based on the population of each state.
50. Is a questionnaire answered by 500 people truly representative of the population as a whole?
51. The bill is now guaranteed an easy passage through the House of Representatives.
