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Representative - 7 dictionary results
rep⋅re⋅sent⋅a⋅tive
[rep-ri-zen-tuh-tiv] 
–noun
| 1. | a person or thing that represents another or others. |
| 2. | an agent or deputy: a legal representative. |
| 3. | a person who represents a constituency or community in a legislative body, esp. a member of the U.S. House of Representatives or a lower house in certain state legislatures. |
| 4. | a typical example or specimen of a group, quality, or kind. |
–adjective
| 5. | serving to represent; representing. |
| 6. | standing or acting for another or others. |
| 7. | made up of representatives: a representative assembly. |
| 8. | of or pertaining to a system of governance by chosen representatives, usually elected from among a large group: representative government. |
| 9. | exemplifying a group or kind; typical: a representative selection of Elizabethan plays. |
| 10. | corresponding to or replacing some other species or the like, as in a different locality. |
| 11. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of representationalism. |
| 12. | pertaining to or of the nature of a mental image or representation. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME (adj.) < ML repraesentātīvus, equiv. to repraesentāt(us) (see representation ) + -īvus -ive
1350–1400; ME (adj.) < ML repraesentātīvus, equiv. to repraesentāt(us) (see representation ) + -īvus -ive
Related forms:
rep⋅re⋅sent⋅a⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
rep⋅re⋅sent⋅a⋅tive⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
5. symbolic, exemplary, typical, characteristic.
5. symbolic, exemplary, typical, characteristic.
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| rep·re·sen·ta·tive (rěp'rĭ-zěn'tə-tĭv) n.
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Representative
Rep`re*sent"a*tive\ (-z?nt`?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. repr?sentatif.]1. Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude. 2. Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. --Swift. 3. Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government. 4. (Nat.Hist.) (a) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family. (b) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties. 5. (Metaph.) Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.Representative
Rep`re*sent"a*tive\, n. [Cf. LL. repraesentativus.]1. One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude. A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the representative of Credulity. --Addison. Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes that the perfections of God are the representatives to us of whatever we perceive in the creatures. --Locke. 2. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority. 3. (Law) One who represents, or stands in the place of, another. Note: The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the representative of a deceased person, and is sometimes called the legal representative, or the personal representative. The heir is sometimes called the real representative of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and executors or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes compendiously described as his real and personal representatives. --Wharton. Burrill. 4. A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. [U.S.] 5. (Nat.Hist.) (a) That which presents the full character of the type of a group. (b) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.
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Language Translation for : Representative
Spanish:
representativo,
German:
repräsentativ,
Japanese:
代表的な
representative (adj.)
"serving to represent," 1378, from O.Fr. representatif (1330), from M.L. repræsentativus, from L. repræsentare (see represent), Meaning "standing for others" is from c.1624; in the political sense of "holding the place of the people in the government, having citizens represented by chosen persons" is first recorded 1628. Noun use first recorded 1647; first used 1694 in noun sense of "member of a legislative body."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: rep·re·sen·ta·tive
Function: adjective
1 : serving to represent
2 a : standing or acting for another esp. through delegated authority
3 : of or relating to representation
Main Entry: representative
Function: noun
: one that represents another or others in a special capacity: as a : one that represents a constituency as a member of a legislative or other governing body; specifically : a member of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress or a state legislature b : one that represents another as agent, deputy, substitute, or delegate and that usually is invested with the authority of the principal c : one that represents or stands in the place of a deceased person : PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE d : one that represents another as successor or heir e : one named as the plaintiff or defendant in a class action to litigate on behalf of the class
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