- representative
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ 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▪ churchVERB + 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) withREPRESENTATIVE + VERB▪ attend sth▪The negotiations were attended by representatives of several states.
▪ voteREPRESENTATIVE + 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▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}representatives to a conference
adj.VERBS▪ be, seem▪ consider sb/sthADVERB▪ 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
Collocations dictionary. 2013.