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representative

adj
/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt(ət)ɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English representative, from Middle French representatif and its etymon Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus. By surface analysis, represent + -ative; See representation.

  1. derived from repraesentātīvus
  2. derived from representatif
  3. inherited from representative

Definitions

  1. Typical

    Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.

    • If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore.

  2. Representing, showing a likeness.

    • Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?
    • the representative faculty of the human imagination

  3. A delegate.

    • She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Something standing for something else.

      • 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.

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Derived

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

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at representative. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at representative. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at representative

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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