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presentative

adj
/pɹɪˈzɛntətɪv/UK/pɹəˈzɛn(t)ətɪv/US

Etymology

The adjective is derived from Late Latin praesentativus (“that presents for consideration”) + English -ive (suffix signifying belonging or relating to, of the nature of, serving to, or tending to, forming adjectives). Praesentativus is from Latin praesentātus (“presented, exhibited, or shown”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives); while praesentātus is the perfect passive participle of praesentō (“to present, exhibit, or show”), from praesēns (“at hand, present; existing; immediate; prompt; propitious; (grammar) present”) (the present active participle of praesum (“to be before something; to be in charge of; to command, lead; to preside or rule over”), from prae- (prefix meaning ‘before, in front; in charge’) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- (“before; in front”)) + sum (“to be, exist, have”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”))) + -tō (frequentative suffix). The English word is analysable as present + -ative. The noun sense (“construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor”) is derived from adjective sense 3 (“serving to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor”).

  1. derived from *h₁es-✻ — “to be”
  2. derived from *preh₂-✻ — “before; in front”
  3. derived from praesentātus — “presented, exhibited, or shown”
  4. derived from praesentativus — “that presents for consideration”

Definitions

  1. Presenting, or able to represent, an idea in the mind.

    • Now the face is a traditional metonym for divine presence in Jewish theology and, in its human form, the presentative image of God.

  2. Of a benefice, or the advowsons, tithes, etc., associated with a benefice

    Of a benefice, or the advowsons, tithes, etc., associated with a benefice: that a patron has the right to present.

  3. Serving to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Of or pertaining to a presentation (“an image formed in the mind after an object is…

      Of or pertaining to a presentation (“an image formed in the mind after an object is perceived”).

    2. Synonym of representative (“representing another, or representing a larger group”).

    3. Of or pertaining to an act of presenting or giving an object to someone.

    4. A construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the…

      A construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA