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Representative
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- 1 Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
"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."
- 2 Representing, showing a likeness.
"Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?"
- 1 being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives wordnet
- 2 standing for something else wordnet
- 3 serving to represent or typify wordnet
- 1 A delegate.; Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body.
"She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention."
- 2 an item of information that is typical of a class or group wordnet
- 3 A delegate.; One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity.
"I will send a representative to work out the details of the contract."
- 4 a member of the United States House of Representatives wordnet
- 5 A delegate.; An heir.
"This pathetic remonstrance had the desired effect upon his representative, who spared no pains to fulfill the request of the deceased […]."
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- 6 a person who represents others wordnet
- 7 A delegate.; Specifically, a member of the United States House of Representatives. US
"All representatives face re-election every two years."
- 8 an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose wordnet
- 9 A delegate.; A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman.
- 10 Something standing for something else.; Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment.
"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."
- 11 Something standing for something else.; A member of a particular class.
"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."
- 12 Something standing for something else.; A member of a particular class.; Something (especially a living organism) regarded as typical of its class; a type.
- 13 Something standing for something else.; A member of a particular class.; A consistent choice of element from an equivalence class, used to identify it.
- 14 Something standing for something else.; A substitute or analogue.
Etymology
From Middle English representative, from Middle French representatif and its etymon Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus. By surface analysis, represent + -ative; See representation.
From Middle English representative, from Middle French representatif and its etymon Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus. By surface analysis, represent + -ative; See representation.
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