representative

representative
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noun
ADJECTIVE
chief, leading, main
senior
sole

I was the sole representative of the committee.

appointed, designated, elected
authorized, official
field (AmE), international, local, national, regional, state
British, US, etc.
personal
legal
congressional, parliamentary, political
council, government
diplomatic
UN
special

the UN special representative for Cyprus

permanent

the Algerian permanent representative at the UN

military
business, company, corporate, industry, management, marketing, trade
customer-service, sales (also informal rep)

She's a sales rep for sports equipment.

financial, insurance, media, pharmaceutical

his success as a full-time financial representative

a panel of media representatives

employee, labour/labor, union, worker
class, student
community, public
NGO
club, committee
church
VERB + REPRESENTATIVE
appoint, appoint sb (as), choose (sb as), elect, elect sb (as), nominate (esp. BrE), nominate sb (as) (esp. BrE), select, select sb (as)
send

The association is sending representatives to the conference.

consult, consult with, meet, meet with (esp. AmE)

Management are obliged to consult with union representatives about changes to conditions.

discuss (sth) with
REPRESENTATIVE + VERB
attend sth

The negotiations were attended by representatives of several states.

vote
REPRESENTATIVE + NOUN
body

The country has a new supreme representative body.

PREPOSITION
representative for

a representative for international shipping companies

representative from, representative of

representatives from citizens' groups

representative on

a nursing representative on the infection control committee

representative to

representatives to a conference

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adj.
VERBS
be, seem
consider sb/sth
ADVERB
highly, very
fully, truly
not necessarily
broadly, fairly, reasonably

a broadly representative sample

widely

Exhibits include a widely representative collection of Greek vases.

statistically
nationally

a nationally representative picture of the employment situation

PREPOSITION
of

Is this group of people fully representative of the population in general?

Representative is used with these nouns: ↑assembly, ↑collection, ↑cross section, ↑democracy, ↑example, ↑government, ↑rugby, ↑sample, ↑selection, ↑survey

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