{
    "term": "representative",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "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",
            "sensetop": "representative of somebody/somethingrepresentative from something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our **elected representatives** in government should be doing something about this."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Management are obliged to consult with union representatives about changes to conditions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The actor's legal representatives have strongly denied the allegations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was the Queen's representative at the ceremony."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a representative of the UN",
                    "contextForm": "representative of somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The committee includes representatives from industry.",
                    "contextForm": "representative from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We met with representatives from various technology companies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was the sole representative of the committee."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The association is sending representatives to the conference."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country has a new supreme representative body."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The negotiations were attended by representatives of several states."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They have recalled their representatives from the negotiations."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a nursing representative on the infection control committee"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a panel of media representatives"
                },
                {
                    "text": "representatives from citizens' groups"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Algerian permanent representative at the UN"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the UN special representative for Cyprus"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was voted student representative for my class."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["People in society", "Politics", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["chief", "leading", "main"],
                "verb + representative": [
                    "appoint",
                    "appoint somebody (as)",
                    "choose (somebody as)"
                ],
                "representative + verb": ["attend something", "vote"],
                "representative + noun": ["body"],
                "preposition": [
                    "representative for",
                    "representative from",
                    "representative of"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who works for a company and travels around selling its products",
            "labels": "informal",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **sales representative**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's our representative in France."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a representative for international shipping companies"
                },
                {
                    "text": "his success as a full-time financial representative"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He works as a sales representative for an insurance company."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Jobs", "Business"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["chief", "leading", "main"],
                "verb + representative": [
                    "appoint",
                    "appoint somebody (as)",
                    "choose (somebody as)"
                ],
                "representative + verb": ["attend something", "vote"],
                "representative + noun": ["body"],
                "preposition": [
                    "representative for",
                    "representative from",
                    "representative of"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who is typical of a particular group",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The singer is regarded as a representative of the youth of her generation."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "(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",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv/",
                "audio": "re/representative/representative__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv/",
                "audio": "re/representative/representative__us_4.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French representatif, -ive or medieval Latin repraesentativus, from the verb repraesentare ‘exhibit’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + praesentare ‘to present’."
}