representative
noun/ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv/
Слово англійською: representative
Переклад representative українською: представни́к, представни́цький (зразо́к і т. д.), репрезентати́вний, торгове́льний представни́к, ди́лер
Детальний опис
- 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.
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- closed shop
- collective bargaining
- industrial action
- labour
- picket
- protest
- representative
- strike
- union
- (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.
- 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’.