n. an item of information that is typical of a class or group; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"

n. a member of the United States House of Representatives

n. a person who represents others

adj. standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States"

adj. serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play"

n. the actual state of things; "that was not the case"

n. an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"

n. an informal representative; "an ambassador of good will"

n. a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others

n. an official engaged in international negotiations

n. a person who deals tactfully with others

n. a maker of laws; someone who gives a code of laws

n. a worker who holds or is invested with an office

n. a leader engaged in civil administration

n. a person authorized to act for another

n. a spokesperson (as a lawyer)

n. a spokesperson (as a lawyer)

n. (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased"

n. a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs

n. a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs

adj. typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra"

adj. being or serving as an illustration of a type; "the free discussion that is emblematic of democracy"; "an action exemplary of his conduct";

adj. conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"

adj. often used as intensifiers; "a regular morass of details"; "a regular nincompoop"; "he's a veritable swine"

adj. conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"

adj. not standing for something else

adj. not representative of a group, class, or type; "a group that is atypical of the target audience"; "a class of atypical mosses"; "atypical behavior is not the accepted type of response that we expect from children"