representative
US /ˌrɛprəˈzɛntətɪv/
Definition
a person who represents others
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
A sales representative will visit your office on Monday morning.
Word Family
Synonyms
- delegatea person appointed or elected to represent others
- spokespersonan advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
- agentan active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect
Collocations
- Easy sales representative visitdescribing sales representative visit (income (at invoice values) received for goods and services over some given period of time)
- Medium customer service representative handling inquiriesdescribing customer service representative handling inquiries (someone who pays for goods or services)
- Hard accredited diplomatic representative abroadto accredited diplomatic representative abroad, meaning to grant credentials to
- Very Hard act as the sole authorized representative in litigationto act as the sole authorized representative in litigation, meaning to perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
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