representatives
- 1Plural of representative.
Elected representatives debated the new spending bill for hours.
Union representatives negotiated better terms for the night shift.
Note
A regular plural: the -s simply attaches, and the stem is untouched. It carries every meaning of the singular, from legislators and agents to salespeople and even symbols. One use is fixed in the United States, where the plural names a whole chamber, the House of Representatives, capitalized as a title. Elsewhere it stays lowercase, whether the representatives are elected, union or sales.
representatives is a form of representative
representative, noun: A person who speaks for or acts on behalf of another, especially in an official capacity. Full entry
- Forms
- representativerepresentatives plural
- Spelling
- representative → representatives: add -s
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