Definitions for representative

representative rep·re·sent·a·tive

Spelling: [rep-ri-zen-tuh-tiv]
IPA: /ˌrɛp rɪˈzɛn tə tɪv/

Representative is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 1547 anagrams from letters in representative (aeeeeinprrsttv).

Definitions for representative

noun

  1. a person or thing that represents another or others.
  2. an agent or deputy:
  3. a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, especially a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures.
  4. a typical example or specimen of a group, quality, or kind.

adjective

  1. serving to represent; representing.
  2. standing or acting for another or others.
  3. made up of representatives:
  4. Government. of or relating to a system of governance by chosen representatives, usually elected from among a large group, as in representative democracy; representative government.
  5. exemplifying a group or kind; typical:
  6. corresponding to or replacing some other species or the like, as in a different locality.
  7. of, relating to, or characteristic of representationalism.
  8. pertaining to or of the nature of a mental image or representation.

Origin of representative

1350-1400; Middle English (adj.) Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus, equivalent to repraesentāt(us) (see representation) + -īvus Examples for representative

What qualifies as vast enough, as comprehensive enough, as representative enough to faithfully render a city and its people?

He is a representative of the Free Russia Foundation, an organization which aims to rebuild freedom and democracy in Russia.

But after Dayton's return with his prisoners you will be my representative in that district.

He was five successive years the representative of Thomaston.

For his part, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has expressed his “full confidence” in representative Scalise.

He is the representative of Posterity,—the man of an age to come.

There are four photos there of representative presidential candidates.

Mississippi was disloyal, and didn't deserve to have any representative.

I thought him as true a representative of the people as ever theory could portray.

But Sanders, a representative of the Northeastern vacation state of Vermont, also opposes fossil fuel development.

Word Value for representative
Scrable

19

Words with friends

22

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