representative
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
law
mathematics
politics
sciences
Etymology: From Middle English representative, from Middle French representatif and its etymon Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus. By surface analysis, represent + -ative; See representation.
Inflected forms:
form: more representative
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most representative
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: representatives
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
pos: adj
examples: THE POCKET ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF BRITISH STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. By O. S. Nock. Blandford Press. 18s.
Mr. Nock, he remarks in his preface, was "incredulous" when the idea of this book of 192 colour gravure illustrations of a representative collection of British steam locomotives from Locomotion to BR's Evening Star was broached to him.
If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore.
gloss: Representing, showing a likeness.
pos: adj
examples: Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
the representative faculty of the human imagination
gloss: A delegate.
pos: noun
examples: She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
Each vessel in the Fleet has the right to send representatives to the Conclave aboard the flagship. The number of representatives is based on crew size. Larger clans, with bigger ships and more votes, form the cores of political blocs. Opposition comes from the Outriders' Coalition, with delegates from thousands of smaller ships.
gloss: A delegate.
pos: noun
examples: I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract.
gloss: A delegate.
pos: noun
examples: This pathetic remonstrance had the desired effect upon his representative, who spared no pains to fulfill the request of the deceased […].
gloss: A delegate.
pos: noun
tags: US
examples: All representatives face re-election every two years.
gloss: A delegate.
pos: noun
gloss: Something standing for something else.
pos: noun
examples: The furniture was the same when she married..[ ]..The only representatives of to-day, were two large and comfortable arm-chairs, and a few elegant-looking trifles, the work of the Misses Granard.
gloss: Something standing for something else.
pos: noun
examples: The USS Manila Bay, in the next group south of Taffy 3, services aircraft from eleven different squadrons that aren't attached to her own flight group, and, at one point, has representatives from no less than four other carriers' airgroups on her flight deck at the same time.
gloss: Something standing for something else.
pos: noun
gloss: Something standing for something else.
pos: noun
gloss: Something standing for something else.
pos: noun
Synonyms: rep
Related words: represent
Member of Parliament
Derived words: biorepresentative
misrepresentative
nonrepresentative
overrepresentative
representative action
representative body
representative democracy
representative element
representative fraction
representative government
representatively
representative money
representativeness
representativity
unrepresentative
House of Representatives
legal representative
manufacturer's representative
manufacturers representative
proxy representative
representativeship
sales representative
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