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How to pronounce representative in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms example, illustration, instance
Type of information
Has types precedent, apology, case in point, exception, excuse, quintessence, sample, specimen
Type Words
Synonyms interpreter, spokesperson, voice
Type of proponent, advocate, advocator, exponent
Has types travelling salesman, roadman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, mouthpiece, traveling salesman, ambassador, flack catcher, flak catcher, mouth, spokeswoman, spokesman, bagman, flak, flack
Type Words
Synonyms congressman, congresswoman
Type of legislator
Has types rep
Type Words
Type of negotiant, negotiator, treater
Has types delegate, contact, resident commissioner, chief of state, envoy, personal representative, emissary, assemblywoman, assemblyman, alderman, agent, union representative, middleman, head of state
Type Words
Derivation represent


representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Type Words
Derivation represent


representative moviegoers.
a representative modern play.
Type Words
Derivation represent


the bald eagle is representative of the United States.

Examples of representative

representative
Instead, Obama made him his special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
From the newsweek.com
I'm hoping that the People's Republic of Massachusetts loses one representative.
From the washingtontimes.com
A representative told her the bank had no idea she was working with an attorney.
From the sacbee.com
Its current representative, Sue Schlapp, can't run again because of term limits.
From the kansas.com
A Radiohead representative didn't respond to a question about preliminary sales.
From the us.cnn.com
Toomey also was a U.S. representative from the Allentown area from 1999 to 2005.
From the abcnews.go.com
Crespo, of Hoffman Estates, is vying for his third term as state representative.
From the dailyherald.com
Mr Champion and a representative from BAM Construction were among the lucky few.
From the telegraph.co.uk
He was switched to the forwards during an under-16 representative two-day trial.
From the nzherald.co.nz
More examples
  • A person who represents others
  • Serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"
  • Spokesperson: an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
  • Standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"
  • Congressman: a member of the United States House of Representatives
  • Being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives; "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people"
  • The Representative was a spectacularly unsuccessful daily newspaper published in London, England, from 25 January 1826 to 29 July 1826.
  • The representativeness heuristic is a rule of thumb wherein people judge the probability or frequency of a hypothesis by considering how much the hypothesis resembles available data as opposed to using a Bayesian calculation. ...
  • (Representatives) A legislature is a type of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. ...