Word
Representative
How many syllables?
5 Syllables
How it's divided?
rep-re-sent-a-tive
Definition
- a. - Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
- a. - Bearing the character or power of another; acting
for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.
- a. - Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as
deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.
- a. - Serving or fitted to present the full characters of
the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
- a. - Similar in general appearance, structure, and
habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and
varieties.
- a. - Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was
originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties;
representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
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