Collocations for "representative"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "representative" in context.
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representative
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a representative [sample, group, list]
- a representative sample of [patients, users, viewers, the population]
- a representative [body, democracy, assembly]
- a representative group [attended, met, spoke to] the [president]
- a representative [account, painting, synopsis] of the [struggle, battle]
- is [extremely, rather, barely, hardly] representative of
- is not (at all) representative of
- fully representative of [the group, its members]
- is (not) representative of the population [as a whole, at large]
- is representative of today's [habits, society, youth]
- is a representative example of
- representative of [influential, public, media] opinion]
- representative of [how, how hard, how little, how much]
- [survey, interview, poll, question] a representative sample (of)
- a representative of the [company, organization, government]
- a [company] representative
- [consult, contact, ask] your legal representative
- works as a [sales, marketing, support, customer-service] representative
- [openings, vacancies, jobs] for [sales] representatives
- speak to a [union, tribunal, staff] representative
- complained to the customer-service representative
- [contact, call, ask] your [travel, tour] representative
- the tour representative [guided, helped, collected] the guests
- appoint a representative to [meet, negotiate, hold talks]
- is a member of the House of Representatives
'representative' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):