slang
: reputation
especially
: status in a group (such as a gang)
: representative
sales reps
variants
or repp
: a plain-weave fabric with prominent rounded crosswise ribs
: the dosage of an ionizing radiation that will develop the same amount of energy upon absorption in human tissue as one roentgen of X-ray or gamma-ray exposure
1
repair
2
repeat
3
report; reporter
4
republic
Republican
Examples of rep in a Sentence
Noun (1)
I have a rep as a player to maintain, you know
Noun (2)
the company dispatched three reps to the annual marketing fair
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Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 14 May 2025
For Tom, middle-aged, paunchy, biblical beard, reduced to working in his mother’s clothing store, Live reps everything wrong with modern Norway.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 16 May 2025
The Brazilian superstar, 30, and her wife welcomed their first baby together, a daughter named Zuri, on Wednesday, May 14, a rep for the couple confirms to PEOPLE.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 15 May 2025
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Verb
Following a 2020 global pandemic and 2023 Hollywood strikes, the tariff threat reps the third global curveball thrown at Spain’s production shoot business, which has grown dramatically over the last decade, but edged down in 2024.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 14 May 2025
For Tom, middle-aged, paunchy, biblical beard, reduced to working in his mother’s clothing store, Live reps everything wrong with modern Norway.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
Geminis have a rep for being liars, but that isn’t wholly true.
—Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 16 May 2025
The Brazilian superstar, 30, and her wife welcomed their first baby together, a daughter named Zuri, on Wednesday, May 14, a rep for the couple confirms to PEOPLE.
—Hannah Sacks, People.com, 15 May 2025
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“Rep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rep. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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rep
1 of 2 noun
: representative entry 2
sales rep
rep
2 of 2 nounMedical Definition
rep
2 of 2 abbreviation
let it be repeated
—used in writing prescriptions
Etymology
Abbreviation
Latin repetatur
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