| NOUN | person | representative | a person who represents others |
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| person | representative, spokesperson, interpreter, voice | an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | |
| person | representative, congressman, congresswoman | a member of the United States House of Representatives | |
| cognition | representative, example, illustration, instance | an item of information that is typical of a class or group | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | representative | serving to represent or typify |
| all | representative | standing for something else | |
| all | representative | being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives |
| Sounds | reh.prahzeh'nahtihv; reh.prahzeh'ntahtihv; reh.prihzeh'nahtihv; reh.prihzeh'ntahtihv | |
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| Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... | |
| Meaning | Serving to represent or typify. | |
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| Broader | typical | Exhibiting the qualities or characteristics / characteristics that identify a group or kind or category / category |
| Spanish | representante, representativo | |
| Catalan | representatiu | |
| Verbs | represent | be representative or typical for |
| Meaning | standing for something else. | |
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| Example | "the bald eagle is representative of the United States" | |
| Narrower | allegorical, allegoric | Used in or characteristic of or containing allegory |
| emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical | Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract | |
| Opposite | nonrepresentative, unsymbolic | not standing for something else |
| Spanish | representativo | |
| Catalan | representatiu | |
| Verbs | represent | serve as a means of expressing something |
| represent | express indirectly by an image, form, or model | |
| Meaning | Being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives. | |
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| Example | "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people" | |
| Broader | democratic | Characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy / democracy or social equality |
| Verbs | represent | be a delegate or spokesperson for |
| Meaning | An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose. | |
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| Synonyms | spokesperson, interpreter, voice | |
| Narrower | ambassador | An informal representative |
| flak catcher, flak, flack catcher, flack | A slick spokesperson who can turn any criticism to the advantage of their employer | |
| mouthpiece, mouth | A spokesperson (as a lawyer) | |
| spokesman | A male spokesperson | |
| spokeswoman | A female spokesperson | |
| traveling salesman, travelling salesman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, roadman, bagman | A salesman who travels to call on customers | |
| Broader | advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent | A person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| Spanish | intérprete, portavoz, representante, voz | |
| Catalan | portaveu, representant | |
| Meaning | A member of the United States House of Representatives. | |
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| Synonyms | congressman, congresswoman | |
| Narrower | rep | informal abbreviation of 'representative' |
| Broader | legislator | someone who makes or enacts laws |
| Spanish | congresista | |
| Catalan | congressista | |
| Meaning | An item of information that is typical of a class or group. | |
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| Synonyms | example, illustration, instance | |
| Narrower | apology, excuse | A poor example |
| exception | An instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization | |
| precedent, case in point | An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time | |
| quintessence | The most typical example or representative of a type | |
| sample | A small part of something intended as representative of the whole / whole | |
| specimen | An example regarded as typical of its class | |
| Broader | information | knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction |
| Spanish | ejemplo | |
| Catalan | exemple | |
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