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representative |
Grep of noun representative account representative legal representative personal representative registered representative representative representative sample representative sampling union representative united states trade representative Overview of noun representative The noun representative has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (8) representative -- (a person who represents others) 2. (4) spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice -- (an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government") 3. (4) congressman, congresswoman, representative -- (a member of the United States House of Representatives) 4. example, illustration, instance, representative -- (a single item of information that is representative of a type "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is a good example on page 10") Overview of adj representative The adj representative has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) representative -- (serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play") 2. (1) representative -- (standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States") 3. representative -- (being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives; "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people") Antonyms of adj representative 3 senses of representative Sense 1 representative INDIRECT (VIA typical) -> atypical, untypical Sense 2 representative (vs. nonrepresentative) nonrepresentative (vs. representative), unsymbolic Sense 3 representative INDIRECT (VIA democratic) -> undemocratic Similarity of adj representative 3 senses of representative Sense 1 representative => typical (vs. atypical) Sense 2 representative (vs. nonrepresentative) => allegorical, allegoric => emblematic, emblematical, symbolic, symbolical Sense 3 representative => democratic (vs. undemocratic) Attributes of adj representative Familiarity of adj representative representative used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj representative nonrepresentative representative unrepresentative Overview of noun representative The noun representative has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (8) representative -- (a person who represents others) 2. (4) spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice -- (an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government") 3. (4) congressman, congresswoman, representative -- (a member of the United States House of Representatives) 4. example, illustration, instance, representative -- (a single item of information that is representative of a type "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is a good example on page 10") Overview of adj representative The adj representative has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) representative -- (serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play") 2. (1) representative -- (standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States") 3. representative -- (being or characteristic of government by representation in which citizens exercise power through elected officers and representatives; "representative government as defined by Abraham Lincoln is government of the people, by the people, for the people")
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