representative
/ˌɹɛpɹɪˈzɛnt(ət)ɪv/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
A delegate.
noun
A delegate.
noun
A delegate.
noun
A delegate.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "If you took all the fools out of the legislature, it wouldn't be a representative body anymore."
- "Are you sure this paper is representative of your child's writing?"
- "the representative faculty of the human imagination"
- "She served four terms as representative of her local at the national union convention."
- "Each vessel in the Fleet has the right to send representatives to the Conclave aboard the flagship. The number of representatives is based on crew size. Larger clans, with bigger ships and more votes, form the cores of political blocs. Opposition comes from the Outriders' Coalition, with delegates from thousands of smaller ships."
Etymology
From Middle English representative, from Middle French representatif and its etymon Medieval Latin repraesentātīvus. By surface analysis, represent + -ative; See representation. Displaced native Old English spala (“a representative”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: representative, representatif, repraesentātīvus