English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of representative

representative

/adjective/ प्रतिनिधि; प्रतिनिधिक; द्योतक; प्रदर्शक; निस्र्पक; प्रतिनिधि-संबंधी;
/noun/प्रतिनिधि;

Synonym characterizing; proxy; delegate;

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English Dictionary:

1. Representative

[a.]

- Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
- Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.
- Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.
- Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
- Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.
- Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.

2. Representative

[n.]

- One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
- An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.
- One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.
- A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress.
- That which presents the full character of the type of a group.
- A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.