- a person who has been chosen to speak or vote for somebody else or for a group of people, or to take the place of somebody else
- Our elected representatives in government should be doing something about this.
- Management are obliged to consult with union representatives about changes to conditions.
- The actor's legal representatives have strongly denied the allegations.
- He was the Queen's representative at the ceremony.
- representative of somebody/something a representative of the UN
- representative from something The committee includes representatives from industry.
WordfinderExtra ExamplesTopics People in societyb2, Politicsb2, Businessb2- We met with representatives from various technology companies.
- I was the sole representative of the committee.
- The association is sending representatives to the conference.
- The country has a new supreme representative body.
- The negotiations were attended by representatives of several states.
- They have recalled their representatives from the negotiations.
- a nursing representative on the infection control committee
- a panel of media representatives
- representatives from citizens' groups
- the Algerian permanent representative at the UN
- the UN special representative for Cyprus
- I was voted student representative for my class.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- leading
- main
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- choose (somebody as)
- …
- attend something
- vote
- body
- representative for
- representative from
- representative of
- …
- (also informal rep)a person who works for a company and travels around selling its products
- a sales representative
- She's our representative in France.
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsb2, Businessb2- a representative for international shipping companies
- his success as a full-time financial representative
- He works as a sales representative for an insurance company.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chief
- leading
- main
- …
- appoint
- appoint somebody (as)
- choose (somebody as)
- …
- attend something
- vote
- body
- representative for
- representative from
- representative of
- …
- a person who is typical of a particular group
- The singer is regarded as a representative of the youth of her generation.
- Representative(abbreviation Rep.)(in the US) a member of the House of Representatives, the Lower House of Congress; a member of the House of Representatives in the lower house of a state parliament
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French representatif, -ive or medieval Latin repraesentativus, from the verb repraesentare ‘exhibit’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + praesentare ‘to present’.
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