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representative

A representative is a person who represents a group or company. The ambassador is our representative.

representative

Typical of a group. This is a representative sample.

representative

a person who represents others (= spokesperson) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government a member of the United States House of Representatives serving to represent or typify representative moviegoers a representative modern play standing for something else the bald eagle is representative of the United States 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 (= example) an item of information that is typical of a class or group this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome there is an example on page 10

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Member of Parliament MP

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Simple sentences

We appointed him as our representative.
The representative was absent from the annual conference.
He attended the meeting as the company representative.
This is a representative, not a comprehensive, list of various types of vaccines.
If you would like to speak to a customer service representative, please press three.
Valentina Tereshkova never made a second trip into space. She became an important member of the Communist Party and a representative of the Soviet government.
We elected him as our Representative.
Representative democracy is one form of government.
You elect your representative by voting.
They chose him as their representative.
Who's the representative from your district?
Tom has always favored representative government.
This sketch is representative of Tom's style.
When the test results are ready, our representative will contact you.
I am the legal representative for the company.
I am the company's legal representative.

Movie subtitles

Misters residents Potarlier Further to our dialogues and to link us reciprocally in the affair of the distillery of St Blaise, we give you by our representative one hundred fifty halves of one thousand franc banknotes.
Thanks to the competence of our representative I can show you something completely different - things that Helius himself has thus far not made available to the scientific community!
At this moment our representative is making Mr Helius aware of our intentions in a very concrete manner.
I need a representative for three months, at that branch shop.
The representative of police wants to know. how much money you had, Monsieur Filiba.
The representative of police like to know. if there is anything wrong with your tonsils, Monsieur Filiba.
I did not put these representative citizens of Strand on the stand to prove anything, Your Honor, and ladies and gentlemen of the jury except that on their oaths to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, so help them God they are liars!
In May 1896, while I was chief of intelligence I received parts of a torn letter addressed to Esterhazy from the representative of a foreign power.
At this solemn moment, in the presence of this tribunal which is the representative of human justice before you gentlemen of the jury before France, before the whole world I swear that Dreyfus is innocent.
We dealt directly with the representative of the Grand Duchess.
I will have no dealings with the Grand Duchess nor her representative.
I'm Jonathan Struve, gentlemen, legal representative for the gold commissioner.
He has to pick representative American families and ask them questions.
I can be eastern representative of the firm.
I'm a legal representative for Miss Brandon's brother.
I'm Jonathon Struve, representative for the gold Commissioner.
Svoboda, you were chosen to act as a representative of the Czech people.
He's being sent around the country by some kind of institute or committee and he has to pick a representative American family and ask them questions.
There are bureaus for the protection of innocent customers. Show me to the owner of this establishment or I'll turn the entire matter to my legal representative.
Delightful of Congress to send us a lady representative for a change.
Captain York. Mr. Meacham is a representative of the United States government.
But as you are a representative of the United States government I pledge you the protection and cooperation of my command.
Mr. Roger MacDonald from Denver representative of the territorial governor has a very important announcement.
The North representative group has decided to go to the ICC.
Talking about representative model.
So as a representative of the North, I want you give you some strength.
Hello, I'm Gim Hang A, the representative of the North for the ICC's interview. Nice to meet you.
The company representative!
Kopeikine is our company's representative in Turkey.
Your company representative's here, Mr. Ridgely.
Mr. Frank Davis, official delegate, was our unofficial representative.

News and current affairs

In this Abba Eban was a true representative of the people he so gloriously represented.
In 2004, General Viktor Cherkesov, then Putin's representative in northwest Russia, published an essay that glorified the KGB as the only unspoiled authority in a corrupted country.
Jailed West Bank Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti is as representative of this group as the leaders of Syria and Jordan.
Many a government minister, Bank officer and NGO representative has experienced his blunt criticism, as well as his effusive praise. The IMF has not been immune to this treatment.
In the current violence, the police have unfortunately been placed in the position of sole representative of the state.
In Haiti, which still suffers from underdevelopment, political turmoil, and the effects of destructive hurricanes, Ban appointed former US President Bill Clinton as his Special Representative to help deal with the country's plight.
It was a representative of the Age of Reason, Cesare Beccaria, who first advocated in 1764, in a few pages of a seminal booklet, the abolition of capital punishment.
After almost five years of democratic rule, Pakistan is on its way to establishing a durable and representative political order.
Hamas is now widely seen as the true representative of Palestinian national ambitions, and is set to unite the Palestinians under its flag.
When Ahmadinejad came to power, Rowhani lost his position as the Council's secretary, but became Khamenei's personal representative to it - a post that he has held until now.
But it is important to appreciate the particular way in which accountability for EU decisions has been preserved, and how it differs from political accountability in a representative democracy.
In a representative democracy, elections are the ultimate instrument for holding politicians accountable.
If internal elections become widespread, the lines of ideological disagreement within elite circles might become more clearly drawn, which could further spur calls for some kind of representative institutional structure.
The ice began to crack on November 17, when Representative John Murtha, a hawkish Democratic congressman and marine veteran, suggested pulling troops out of Iraq in six months.
To be sure, the EU recognized its need for a coherent strategy, and attempted to resolve it by establishing the European External Action Service and the position of High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
But the EEAS ended up in a turf war with the European Commission, and outgoing High Representative Catherine Ashton did little to ease the tension, owing to her unwillingness to involve herself in intra-EU disagreements.
In fact, Juncker has already expressed a desire to integrate incoming High Representative Federica Mogherini into the Commission's policy program.
But mass movements can take a country only so far; establishing a credible representative government requires political parties organized around clearly defined principles.
In this context, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton's meeting with dissidents during her most recent trip to Tehran was merely a symbolic gesture.
In foreign and security policy, New Power, New Responsibility proposes strengthening the role of the EU High Representative and the role of the European Action Service.
Of course, Aspen is one of the country's wealthiest communities, and perhaps not representative of the US as a whole.
Zhenhua Xie, Chinese President Hu Jintao's special representative on climate change, has stated categorically that China has no other choice than to pursue sustainable development.
Many a government minister, Bank officer and NGO representative has experienced his blunt criticism, as well as his effusive praise.
To expedite matters, I have appointed a special representative for the question of forced and slave labor under the Nazi regime.
But there should be no doubt that he is a man of the regime - a realist and moderate member of the Islamic Republic's political elite - not a representative of the opposition.
This was another urgent trip by Ban to a war-torn capital, as part of his regular duties as the UN's chief representative, seeking to uphold peace and restore global comity.
Similarly, US Trade Representative Michael Froman recently observed that the US would not be interested in negotiating a separate free-trade deal with Britain.
The US delegation, instead, was headed by Robert Zoellick, the US Trade Representative, who, despite being a member of the cabinet, lacked the political stature for which the occasion called.
One of the few positive consequences of the 2008 financial crisis was the elevation of the G-20's global role; in principle, it is a far more representative forum for international leadership than the G-7 ever was.

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