Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - representative
Representative
representative
adj. & n. --adj. 1 typical of a class or category. 2 containing typical specimens of all or many classes (a representative sample). 3 a consisting of elected deputies etc. b based on the representation of a nation etc. by such deputies (representative government). 4 (foll. by of) serving as a portrayal or symbol of (representative of their attitude to work). 5 that presents or can present ideas to the mind (imagination is a representative faculty). --n. 1 (foll. by of) a sample, specimen, or typical embodiment or analogue of. 2 a the agent of a person or society. b a commercial traveller. 3 a delegate; a substitute. 4 a deputy in a representative assembly. 5 (of art) representational. Derivatives representatively adv. representativeness n. Etymology: ME f. OF representatif -ive or med.L repraesentativus (as REPRESENT)
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I. adjective Date: 14th century serving to represent, 2. standing or acting for another especially through delegated authority, of, based on, or constituting a government in which the many are represented by persons chosen from among them usually by election, serving as a typical or characteristic example , of or relating to representation or representationalism, ~ly adverb ~ness noun representativity noun II. noun Date: 1635 one that represents another or others: as, a. one that represents a constituency as a member of a legislative body, a member of the house of ~s of the United States Congress or a state legislature, one that represents another as agent, deputy, substitute, or delegate usually being invested with the authority of the principal, one that represents a business organization, one that represents another as successor or heir, a typical example of a group, class, or quality ; specimen ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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