Engelsk adjektiv: representative | |||
1. | representative serving to represent or typify | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Representative moviegoers. A representative modern play. | ||
Uttrykk med lignende betydning | typical | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | atypical, untypical | ||
2. | representative standing for something else | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The bald eagle is representative of the United States. | ||
Uttrykk med lignende betydning | allegoric, allegorical, emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | nonrepresentative, unsymbolic | ||
3. | representative being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people. | ||
Uttrykk med lignende betydning | democratic | ||
Uttrykk med motsatt betydning (antonymer) | undemocratic | ||
Engelsk substantiv: representative | |||
1. | representative (om person) a person who represents others | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | negotiant, negotiator, treater | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | agent, alderman, assemblyman, assemblywoman, chief of state, contact, delegate, emissary, envoy, head of state, middleman, personal representative, resident commissioner, union representative | ||
2. | representative (om person) an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | interpreter, spokesperson, voice | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | ambassador, bagman, commercial traveler, commercial traveller, flack, flack catcher, flak, flak catcher, mouth, mouthpiece, roadman, spokesman, spokeswoman, traveling salesman, travelling salesman | ||
3. | representative (om person) a member of the United States House of Representatives | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | congressman, congresswoman | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | legislator | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | rep | ||
4. | representative (om erkjendelse) an item of information that is typical of a class or group | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | This patient provides a typical example of the syndrome. There is an example on page 10. | ||
Ord med samme betydning (synonymer) | example, illustration, instance | ||
Mindre spesifikke uttrykk | information | ||
Mere spesifikke uttrykk | apology, case in point, exception, excuse, precedent, quintessence, sample, specimen | ||