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Definition: Representative |
RepresentativeAdjective1. Serving to represent or typify; "representative moviegoers"; "a representative modern play". 2. Standing for something else; "the bald eagle is representative of the United States". 3. 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". Noun1. A person who represents others. 2. An advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government". 3. A member of the United States House of Representatives. 4. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "representative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
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Satire | REPRESENTATIVE, n. In national politics, a member of the Lower House in this world, and without discernible hope of promotion in the next. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Business | The --. . . provides. . . helpful services to the advertiser. . . One representative may handle many different newspapers in a different city. He is paid by the newspaper he represents. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | Member of the Swiss National Council or the Swiss Council of States. Source: European Union. (references) |
Statistics | Patterns in a sample of units may reasonably be attributed to the population from which the sample is drawn, only if the sample is representative. Source: European Union. (references) |
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A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. Legislatures are known by many names including parliament, senate, or congress. In parliamentary systems of government, the legislature is formally supreme and appoints the executive. In presidential systems of government, the legislature is considered a branch of government which is equal to the executive.The power of legislatures vary widely from country to country. A rubber stamp legislature is a derogative name used for a legislature that has no real power and simply approves bills which are put before it.
Legislatures can be roughly divided into two groups: unicameral legislatures and bicameral legislatures. The latter are composed of two separate divisions or houses (bi two, camera chamber) with different duties, powers, and methods for selection of members. Examples of bicameral legislatures include the British Parliament (divided into the House of Lords and the House of Commons) and the United States Congress (divided into the Senate and the House of Representatives). Generally both houses must agree on important legislation for it to be enacted. Examples of unicameral legislatures include those of the Canadian provinces and territories.
That branch of government whose function is to enact laws. Under the United States Constitution, this power is given to Congress. The powers of Congress are limited to those contained in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. Among these powers are the power to tax, the power to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, and the power to declare war, among others.
The legislative branch of government in the United States is limited by the separation of powers among the other branches of government. For example, the Executive branch headed by the President of the United States has the power veto legislation. The Judicial branch also maintains a check on the power of the legislature called judicial review, in which legislation is examined to ensure its compatibility with the Constitution. Legislation found to be incompatible is struck down.
Compare this system of checks and balances with the system in the United Kingdom. There, the executive is the British monarch, who is essentially a figurehead whose power is restricted by convention and public opinion. The Prime Minister, generally regarded as being the real authority in the UK, is himself or herself a member of Parliament, which is the legislature.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Legislature."
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A republic is a form of government (and a state so governed) where a monarch is not the head of state. The word is derived from the Latin res publica, or "public affair", and suggests an ownership and control of the state by the population at large. The concept of democracy, however, is not implicit to that of a republic. The republican form of government may involve a limited democracy, where such rights are available only to a limited group of people, as is the case in many of today's dictatorial or totalitarian states. The term is also broad enough to include many of today's advanced democracies.
The use of a republic goes back at least as far as ancient Akkad. The best known ancient republic was the Roman Republic, which lasted from 509 BC until 44 BC. In the Roman Republic, the principles of annuality (holding office for a term of only one year) and collegiality (holding office with at least two men at the same time) were usually observed.
In modern times, the head of state of a republic is usually formed by only one person, the president, but there are some exceptions such as Switzerland, which has a seven-member council as its head of state, called the Bundesrat, and San Marino, where the position of head of state is shared by two people.
It is rather difficult to draw a precise line between republics and monarchies and there is certainly nothing that says one is necessarily more democratic than the other, (although an elected head of state within a democratic system is generally considered more democratic than a monarchy). Monarchs generally reign for life, and when they die they are succeeded by a relative, either chosen by themselves or determined according to set rules. The presidents of republics, by contrast, are generally elected for a limited term, and their successors are chosen by the body that elected them. These days even non-democratic republics generally claim to be democratic, though the outcome of the election may be assured, and still maintain the ritual of regularly electing their head of state; and frequently in these states heads of states have left office voluntarily (through resignation or retirement) or been forced out (through constitutional means) by other members of the ruling elite. But there are still some exceptions -- each new Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, for instance, was elected by the chief princes of the empire, though over the centuries the custom developed of always electing successive members of a particular family to that office. Perhaps the most significant exception among the forms of today's monarchies is, the oligarchical form of election used in the United Kingdom (described under Privy Council).
Another, older definition of the term uses the term "republic" to describe what is commonly called a representative democracy; it restricts the term "democracy" to refer only to direct democracy. See democracy for further discussion of this term usage and its history. Even this usage does not cover the many republics, past and present, that are not democratic at all (though few modern ones admit their lack of democracy).
Using this older meaning, it is said that the United States is a federal republic, not a democracy. (Although most people, including most Americans, call it a democracy, they are using the modern definition, not the older one referred to here). This usage of the term republic was particularly common around the time of the American Founding Fathers. The authors of the United States Constitution intentionally chose what they called a republic for several reasons. For one, it is impractical to collect votes from every citizen on every political issue. In theory, representatives would be more well-informed and less emotional than the general populace. Furthermore, a republic can be contrived to protect against the "tyranny of the majority." The Federalist Papers outline the idea that pure democracy is actually quite dangerous, because it allows a majority to infringe upon the rights of a minority. By forming what they called a Republic, in which representatives are chosen in many different ways (the President, House, Senate, and state officials are all elected differently), it is more difficult for a majority to control enough of the government to infringe upon a minority
Other examples of republics include Revolutionary England, France, and Germany.
See also republicanism, presidential system, congressional system, British republican movement See Plato's Republic
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The House of Representatives is the lower house of the United States Congress, whose upper house is the United States Senate.
House of Representatives chamber
Members
Members of the House are elected for a term of two years. Elections alternately coincide with the presidential election; when they do not, they are called mid-term elections.
The 435 seats in the House are apportioned among the fifty states by population, as determined by a decennial census. Members are elected from districts through a first past the post method. Consequently, disputes over the boundaries of the districts, which must be redrawn after each census, can be particularly contentious. Subject to constitutional requirements established by case law, and in some states to review by the United States Department of Justice to ensure compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act, the government of each state draws the boundaries for the House districts within the state's borders.
If a vacancy occurs in a House seat between elections, it may be filled only by a special election.
Presently the state delegations in the House range from fifty-three members for California, to one each for Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming. There are also delegates without voting rights (except in committee votes) from the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Apportionment of House seats among the states changed slightly with the 108th Congress elected on November 5, 2002, which took office in January, 2003. That Congress, and the four that follow, have been reapportioned on the basis of the April 1, 2000, United States Census. (See complete apportionment numbers in United States Congress.)
See List of Members of the U.S. House of Representatives
Activities
The House is presided over by the Speaker of the House, who is elected by the House; although historically every Speaker has been a Member of the House, this is not a constitutional requirement (Art. I, s. 2. merely specifies that the House "shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers"). In matters of legislation it is essentially co-equal with the Senate, with the exception of the rule provided by the Constitution that all bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives. (The Senate has exclusive power to ratify treaties and approve presidential appointments.)
Because of the large size of the House of Representatives, much of the power of the House is in the committees. The House Committee on Rules is particularly powerful because each bill submitted to the floor of the house must have a rule assigned by the committee which limits the amount of debate and more importantly specifies what amendments can or cannot be allowed in the course of the debate. The rule approved by the Rules Committee is subject to acceptance or rejection by a vote of the full House.
Another important committee is the House Committee on Ways and Means which is responsible for taxation and is particularly powerful because of the constitutional requirement (in Article 1, Section 7) that bills raising revenue shall originate in the House. The House Committee on Appropriations is another important committee whose power derives from its ability to consider funding for government projects.
Unlike senators, most House members have little individual power, and typically will ally themselves in informal caucuses with other members from similar districts.
The House chamber is located in the south wing of the United States Capitol, in Washington, DC.
History
In New York City on April 1, 1789 the House held its first quorum and elected Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as the first House Speaker.On August 8, 1911, Public Law 62-5 set the number of representatives in the House of Representatives at 435 but the law didn't take effect until 1913.
See also:
- Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from American Samoa
- Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Dakota Territory
- Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia
- Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Guam
- Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Orleans Territory
- Resident Commissioners from the Philippines
- Resident Commissioners from Puerto Rico
- Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the Virgin Islands
- Historic Members of the United States House of Representatives
Composition of the 108th Congress (2003-2005)
+ Republicans: 229 - Independent: 1 (Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.) * Democrats: 205 +
A Cable TV Viewer's Guide to the House
Minding the House can be a rewarding experience for those with time to spare.Since about 1980 or so, C-SPAN, the cable television network, has televised the House proceedings live. Also, the Official Reporters of Debates take down every word spoken on the House floor, and the heavily redacted transcripts of the proceedings can be found in the Congressional Record. (The Congressional Record is also printed daily.)
The House, when in session, generally convenes at 12:00 Noon (Eastern Time) and continues until adjornment late in the day. The first thing one notices about the House chamber is that most of the seats in the chamber are empty most of the time. Most Members of Congress ("members") are usually busy attending committee meetings, working in their offices, or doing other things while the House is in session. If there is a floor vote, or a quorum call, the electronic voting system is activated and a sequence of bells rings throughout the House side of the Capitol and in the House office building complex. When the bells ring, members flock to the House floor, typically travelling the one-block distance from their offices by foot or by electric trolley. During the last few minutes of the 15 minutes usually allotted for an electronically recorded vote, the chamber fills with members and just as quickly empties again after the vote. It can be politically damaging at home if a member misses too many votes, and the political leadership therefore tries to schedule votes during times when members are likely to be around. Sometimes several votes are held all at once at the end of the day. Fridays usually mean short sessions, no sessions, and/or no votes. This is so that members who live on the other side of the country can fly home for the weekend. Members also have to punch in for quorum calls, which can be demanded by any member if (as is usually the case) fewer members than a quorum are present on the floor.
Voting
Members vote by inserting a plastic voting card, which doubles as a photo ID, into terminals located on the backs of seats in the House chamber. The member presses a red button to vote "No" or "Nay," a green button to vote "Aye" or "Yea," and a yellow button to vote "Present" (i.e. the member abstains from voting) or to register his or her presence at a quorum call. Members' names are displayed on a blue, backlit panel above the Speaker's chair, and when a member votes, a red, green, or yellow light appears adjacent to his or her name. Displays on the side walls of the chamber display a running vote total.If the voting system is down, either the clerk calls the roll and members enunciate their votes, or a "teller" vote is held in which the members fill our red or green or yellow voting cards and give them to the clerk. For more information, Recorded vote.
A Typical Day's Proceedings
Every two years at the beginning of a session of Congress, the House adopts the same Rules of the House as was in force during the preceding Congress. But most of the rules in the book are hopelessly antiquated and are ignored.At 12:00 Noon, the Speaker walks into the chamber and gavels the House to order. The Chaplain, or some guest clergy member from someone's home district, offers a prayer. After the prayer, a period for "one-minute speeches" takes place. A member who wishes to give a one-minute speech is recognized by the Speaker: "For what purpose does the gentleman [gentlewoman] from [state] arise?" "I ask unanimous consent to address the House for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks." "Without objection, it is so ordered. The gentleman is recognized."
(If the Speaker of the House does not feel like presiding for whatever reason, he appoints a member of his party as Speaker Pro Tempore.)
Two things of note:
After the one minute speeches, the House might typically proceed to consider a "rule," or a resolution stating how much time is allotted to debate a particular bill. Rules are made by the Committee on Rules. (In the press, it is the House Rules Committee or the House [Blank] Committee, officially it is the Committee on [Blank].) A rule may provide that amendments to the bill are allowed (an "open rule") or restricted (a "closed rule").
- Much House business is conducted by "unanimous consent." Any member may object, but nobody usually does.
- To "revise and extend" one's remarks means that the member may submit remarks in written form to be printed in the Congressional Record. What the member puts in the Congressional Record may be longer or shorter or completely different from what was actually said on the floor -- the only verbatim account of the proceedings would be a videotape recorded from C-SPAN.
A rule might say something like this:
House Resolution 999
"Resolved, that at any time after the adoption of this resolution the Speaker may declare the House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consideration of the bill H.R. 9999, the [XXX] Act. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on [XXX] . After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall rise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted. Any Member may demand a separate vote in the House on any amendment adopted in the Committee of the Whole to the bill. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit with or without instructions."What all this means is, that the House first forms itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union. When sitting as the Committee of the Whole, a quorum is 100 members instead of 218, and a limit of five minutes of debate are allowed for or against any specific amendment to the bill being considered. You can tell whether the House is convened as the House or the Committee of the Whole by noting the position of the Mace (the pole with the silver eagle on top which is situated on the left side of the Speaker's podium). If the Mace is placed atop its pedestal, the House is in session; if placed in a lower position, this means the Committee of the Whole is in session. (The Mace is not visible in the above photo of the House chamber, indicating that the House was not then in session.)
After all the amendments to the bill are voted on, and before the bill itself is voted on, there is usually a "motion to recommit" the bill back to the committee from whence it came (to kill the bill). The vote on a motion to recommit is usually more indicative of how Members really feel about a bill than the final vote on passage. Many members who are against a bill will vote for the motion to recommit and then vote to pass it once the vote to recommit is lost. That way they can tell the constituents back home about how they favored the legislation all along.
After the day's business, and before adjournment, there is a period called "special orders" during which members may reserve time, as much as an hour, to speak. There is nobody in the chamber at 8 P.M., but the cameras don't usually show the empty seats: the members can play to the C-SPAN audience, especially if the member's district is on Pacific time.
External links
- Official U.S. House of Representatives website
- The Congressional Record
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "United States House of Representatives."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| RED | English | Representative Employee Data | Labor |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: RepresentativeSynonyms: congressman (n), congresswoman (n), example (n), illustration (n), instance (n), interpreter (n), spokesperson (n), voice (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: nonrepresentative (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agent | Minister; (instrument); servant; representative; (commissioner), (deputy). |
Book | Writer, author, litterateur, essayist, journalism; pen, scribbler, the scribbling race; literary hack, Grub-street writer; writer for the press, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; adjective jerker, diaskeaust, ghost, hack writer, ink slinger; publicist; reporter, penny a liner; editor, subeditor; playwright; poet. |
Consignee | Diplomatist, diplomat(e), corps diplomatique, embassy; ambassador, embassador; representative, resident, consul, legate, nuncio, internuncio, charge d'affaires, attache. |
Council | Member; senator; member of parliament, M.P.; councilor, representative of the people; assemblyman, congressman; councilman, councilwoman, alderman, freeholder. |
Deputy | Noun: deputy,Noun: deputy, substitute, vice, proxy, locum tenens, badli, delegate, representative, next friend, surrogate, secondary. |
Government | Thearchy, theocracy, dinarchy; duarchy, triarchy, heterarchy; duumvirate; triumvirate; autocracy, autonomy; limited monarchy; constitutional monarchy; home rule; representative government; monocracy, pantisocracy. |
Indication | Adjective: indicating; Verb:, indicative, indicatory; denotative, connotative; diacritical, representative, typical, symbolic, pantomimic, pathognomonic, symptomatic, characteristic, demonstrative, diagnostic, exponential, emblematic, armorial; individual; (special). |
Messenger | Reporter, gentleman of the press, representative of the press; penny-a-liner; special correspondent, own correspondent; spy, scout; informer. |
Representation | Adjective: represent, representing; Verb:, representative; illustrative; represented; Verb: imitative, figurative; iconic. |
Substitution | Representative; (deputy); palimpsest. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | As a duly designated representative of the City, County and State of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activities and return forthwith to your place of origin or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension (Ghost Busters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis) Flounder, I am appointing you pledge representative to the social committee (Animal House; writing credit: Harold Ramis; Douglas Kenney) At this solemn moment, in the presence of this tribunal, which is the representative of human justice, before France, before the whole world, I swear that Dreyfus is innocent (The Life of Emile Zola; writing credit: Matthew Josephson; Heinz Herald) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Representative Radio (2001) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | LCDR Commander John Bowie's base camp at Watertown, Yukon, Territory L to R: David Sammons; Eli Packer, geodetic engineer; bush pilot Sam White Lieutenant Commander John Bowie; Mr Smith, Canadian IBC representative. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Brian Kendrick, Chris Gray and a Bertucci representative standing by roles of filter cloth and geogrid on the beach. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | A representative sample of some of the species collected; gizzard shad, menhaden, bluefish, striped bass, Atlantic croaker, and white perch. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Developing a wetland area into an outdoor classroom on the Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation, Washoe County, NV; Deb Prevost, NRCS GIS specialist with tribal representative. Credit: Ron Nichols. |
 | James Burgess (right), NRCS District Conservationist, and Burrow representative (left) discuss drainage plans for a ballfield in the Penns Corner, RC&D area in Wilkinsburg, PA. [Slide 97CS3095]. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | Caption: Superintendent Melvin J. Weig, Right, Presenting Edison Electromotograph to a Representative of American University, Cairo, Egypt, Harold S. Anderson, Museum Curator, at Left; West Orange, NJ; July 29, 1966; {12.450/61} (jpg). |
 | U. S. Base Hospital Number 3, Vauclaire, France. : Lt. Col. Baley taking to N.Y. Herald representative. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | [Dr. Robert S. Stone and a representative from the National Association of Medical Explorers]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Rear Admiral Francis E.M. Whiting, Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher and U.S. Representative Warren G. Magnuson (of Washington) at the airfield, upon the return of RAdm. Whiting to Adak, 29 January 1944. Wing and engine of a Douglas R5D transport plane is in the left background,. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives. Credit: NAVY. |  | Colored lithograph, published by N. Currier, New York, 1844. It depicts the explosion of a heavy gun on board USS Princeton, in the Potomac River, which killed or mortally wounded seven and injured about twenty people. Some of those present are identified below the image, including (from left): Mr. Wilkins; Mr. Perrine; Lieutenant Hunt; Representative Virgil Maxcy, of Maryland; Secretary of State Abel P. Upshur; Captain Beverly Kennon, Chief of the Bureau of Construction, Equipment and Repair; Thomas Gilmer, Secretary of the Navy; Captain Robert F. Stockton; Sailors; Senator Phelps and Senator Thomas Hart Benton. Maxcy, Upshur, Kennon and Gilmer were among those killed. Stockton and Benton were among the injured. Credit: NAVY. |
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| "Jeronimos Monastry" by Luis Alves Commentary: "Jeronimos Monastery was built under the reign of King Manuel I to symbolize the Portuguese Discoveries and to be a Royal Pantheon. It is pure Manueline style and is one of the most representative monuments of Portuguese architecture. ." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Edmund Burke | Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion. |
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Every situation, every moment -- is of infinite worth; for it is the representative of a whole eternity. |
Senator Daniel Webster | We have been taught to regard a representative of the people as a sentinel on the watch-tower of liberty. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | But though every man who has entered into civil society, and is become a member of any commonwealth, has thereby quitted his power to punish offences, against the law of nature, in prosecution of his own private judgment, yet with the judgment of offences, which he has given up to the legislative in all cases, where he can appeal to the magistrate, he has given a right to the common-wealth to employ his force, for the execution of the judgments of the common-wealth, whenever he shall be called to it; which indeed are his own judgments, they being made by himself, or his representative. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. (reference) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 2: No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2006 | No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | And on its part, German Socialism recognised, more and more, its own calling as the bombastic representative of the petty- bourgeois Philistine. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | To facilitate discussion between the Clearing Offices each of them shall have a representative at the place where the other is established. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The old representative of the people did not answer |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The tubby little representative from Unit Three spoke up. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | These factors are representative of the universe of considerations that comprise clinical judgment. (references) | |
Results of a recent, nationally representative study show that genital herpes infection is common in the United States. (references) | ||
To find out about your on-the-job protections, check with a social worker, or your congressional or state representative. (references) | ||
Business | Establish a representative office in China. (references) | |
Direct sales or services cannot be conducted by a Representative Office. (references) | ||
Ibsen is also an exclusive representative for Calvin Klein lingerie in Poland. (references) | ||
Children | Belize | The National Committee for Families and Children includes a representative from the Ministry of Human Development, Women, and Civil Society. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | The 1999 report by the U.N. Special Representative noted that only 12 percent of girls reach the secondary level of education compared with more than 24 percent of boys. (references) | |
South Africa | Student populations on university campuses are becoming more representative of the general population, with the most prestigious government-administered universities, some of which used to be all-white, making an active effort to recruit students from other communities. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Spain | Anyone can request asylum from a Spanish diplomatic or consular representative outside the country. (references) |
Nepal | U.N. officials, diplomats and NGO representative visitors to the camps universally describe conditions as excellent. (references) | |
Algeria | It provided a national forum for all representative parties, including opposition parties critical of the Government. (references) | |
Economic History | Dominican Republic | Type: Representative democracy. (references) |
El Salvador | A. Find a legal representative or a lawyer. (references) | |
Greece | A competent local representative is invaluable. (references) | |
Human Rights | Yemen | The ICRC maintains a resident representative. (references) |
Djibouti | The ICRC regional representative, who is based in Nairobi, makes quarterly visits. (references) | |
Equatorial Guinea | Francisco Mba Obiang, CPDS representative in Akurenam, was detained allegedly in Bata. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Colombia | In July the Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, and the Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on extrajudical, summary, or arbitrary execution, Asma Jahangir, expressed their deep concern over the murder and disappearance of indigenous leaders in the country. (references) |
Minorities | Cote d'Ivoire | A government representative helped to restore calm and no arrests were made. (references) |
Congo | However, overall Joseph Kabila has formed a more geographically representative cabinet than his father's in the previous year. (references) | |
Political Economy | COLOMBIA | A local agent or legal representative is required for all government contracts. (references) |
BOLIVIA | The COB contends that it still is the exclusive representative of all Bolivian workers. (references) | |
ARGENTINA | The U.S. Trade Representative has placed Argentina on the "Special 301" Priority Watch List. (references) | |
Political Rights | Czech Republic | There is one representative of Romani background in the Parliament. (references) |
Georgia | Some observers noted a police presence in polling places and insufficiently representative electoral commissions at all levels. (references) | |
Afghanistan | The 30-member AIA is representative of Afghanistan's diverse geographic and ethnic makeup, and includes expatriates and two women. (references) | |
Trade | Burma | No U.S. banks have representative offices in Burma. (references) |
Burma | Twenty-seven foreign bank representative offices remain in Burma. (references) | |
Panama | Note: This list is intended to be representative and not complete. (references) | |
Travel | Taiwan | These can be obtained from authorized representative offices in the United States. (references) |
Nepal | The process can be expedited if the person can be readily identified as a legitimate business representative. (references) | |
Egypt | Your young, enthusiastic representative may not be as effective with the local partner, particularly in a culture that respects age and experience. (references) | |
Women | Hungary | A Women's Representative office was established in the Ministry of Social and Family Affairs to address women's issues. (references) |
Guatemala | It formed a coordinating committee and other advisory boards and representative assemblies from each of 24 linguistic groups. (references) | |
Kazakhstan | In a December conference on sexual violence, the Ministry of Interior representative reported that approximately 68 percent of female prisoners might be in prison on charges resulting from domestic violence. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bahrain | Each committee is chaired alternately by a management and worker representative. (references) |
New Zealand | Employers must recognize a representative authorized by an employee or employees. (references) | |
Nepal | Two representative NGO's are members of the MOWCSW's National Task Force Against Trafficking. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes." |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Pervez Musharraf | Well, we do have diplomatic relations with Afghanistan, and there's the Afghan embassy there, representative of the Taliban. So, to that extent, we have diplomatic relations and contact with them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
John Adams | 1797-1801 | A representative assembly is still less qualified for the judicial power, because it is too numerous, too slow, and too little skilled in the laws. |
Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | The essence of a republic is representative government. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Representative" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 64.37% of the time. "Representative" is used about 2,498 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 64.37% | 1,608 | 5,164 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 31.91% | 797 | 8,713 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.72% | 93 | 34,067 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,498 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "representative": account representative ♦ accredited representative ♦ agency representative ♦ authorized representative ♦ commercial representative ♦ elected representative ♦ legal representative ♦ Office of the High Representative ♦ permanent representative ♦ personal representative ♦ quality assurance representative ♦ registered representative ♦ representative assembly ♦ representative at large ♦ representative body ♦ representative chamber ♦ representative downwind speed ♦ representative fraction ♦ representative of ♦ representative sample ♦ representative sampling ♦ representative team ♦ sales representative ♦ trade union representative ♦ union representative ♦ United States Trade Representative. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "representative": representative-number. | |
Ending with "representative": non-representative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "representative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | verteenwoordiger (agent). (various references) | |
Albanian | shembull tipik (proverb), përfaqësues (commissioner, delegate, deputy, exponent, factor, legate, spokesman, vakeel, Vakil). (various references) | |
Arabic | ممثل ل, ممثل (actor, agent, delegate, deputy, performer, player, rep, stager, star, vicar), مندوب (delegate, deputy, envoy), نيابي (parliamentary), نموذجي (exemplary, model, object lesson, typical), نائب (acting, agent, delegate, junior, procurator, surrogate, vicar), وكيل (agent, dealer, deputy, junior, mandatary, procurator, vicar), تمثيلي (histrionic, scenic, scenical), صفة (capacity, character, token, wry), الناطق بإسم, الوكيل (attorney, fiduciary, proxy). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | реалистичен (down to earth, earthbound, matter of fact, realistic, representational, tough-minded, true to life), характерен (distinctive, idiosyncratic, proper, racy, specific), типичен представител, типичен пример, типичен (classic, exemplary, normal, quintessential, racy, true to type, typical), представящ, представителен (comely, gallant, handsome, personable, portly), представител (agent, deputy, distributor, factor, mouth, prophet, rep, representation, secondary, spokesman, vakeel), изобразяващ, изобразителен (figurative, graphic, graphical, iconic, pictorial, representational), депутат (deputy, member of the parliament). (various references) | |
Chinese | 代表 (delegate, to represent, to stand for). (various references) | |
Czech | reprezentativní (presentable), zastupitelský, zástupce (agent, alternate, deputy, lawyer, procurator, proxy, substitute), vzor (design, exemplar, ideal, model, mould, paradigm, paragon, pattern, standard, type), typický (archetypal, classic, distinctive, peculiar, quintessential, standard, typical), typ (case, make, sort, specimen, type), představující, představitel (performer), parlamentní (congressional, parliamentary). (various references) | |
Danish | delegeret (delegate, deputy). (various references) | |
Dutch | vertegenwoordiger (agent), gedeputeerde (delegate, deputy), afgevaardigde (delegate, deputy). (various references) | |
Esperanto | reprezentanto, deputito (delegate, deputy), deputato (delegate, deputy), delegato (delegate, deputy). (various references) | |
Faeroese | umboð (agent). (various references) | |
Farsi | مشعربر, نماینده (Agent, Delegate, Deputation, Deputy, Doer, Envoy, Exponent, Indicator, Proxy, Representation, Symptomatic), حاکی از (Significant). (various references) | |
Finnish | edustava (distinguished). (various references) | |
French | représentant (rep, representing), député, représentatif. (various references) | |
Frisian | fertsjinwurdiger (agent), deputearre (delegate, deputy), ôffurdige (delegate, deputy), ôffeardige (delegate, deputy). (various references) | |
German | Vertreter (advocate, agent, deputy, distributor, exponent, holder, locum, proxy, rep, replacement, sales representative, salesman, supporter), repräsentativ (personable, presentable, prestigious, typical), Abgeordnete (assembly man, assemblyman, back bencher, Burgess, delegate, deputy, floor, member, member of parliament, private member), Stellvertreter (agent, attorney, attorney in fact, deputy, locum, proxy, replacement, surrogate, understudy), Abgeordneter (delegate, deputy, sitting member), stellvertretend (acting, deputy, vicarious), Repräsentant (ambassador). (various references) | |
Greek | αντιπρόσωπος (dealer, delegate). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מיצג (exponent), יצוגי, בא כח (agent, attorney, delegate, proxy, spokesman), טפוסי (characteristic, exemplary, typical), נבחר (chosen, delegate, elected, hand picked, selected), נציג (agent, delegate, deputy). (various references) | |
Hungarian | jellegzetes (characteristic, distinctive, marked, peculiar, proper, specific, symptomatic, typical), ábrázoló (representational). (various references) | |
Indonesian | wakil (agent, alternate, deputy, vice), badal (substitute). (various references) | |
Irish | ionadaí (agent). (various references) | |
Italian | rappresentante (agent, deputy, exponent, rep, salesman), rappresentativo, mandatario (agent, assignee, mandatory, proxy), deputato (delegate, deputy, private member). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 総代 , 名代 (fame, proxy, well-known), 典型的 (ideal, model, typical), 出張員 (agent, dispatched official), 代議員 (delegate), 代表者 (delegate), 代表的 (exemplary, model), 代表格 , 代表 (delegation, example, model, representation, type), 代理者 (agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, proxy, substitute), 代理人 (agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, proxy, substitute), 代人 (agent, deputy, proxy, substitute). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | そうだい (grand, magnificent, majestic, splendid, Waseda University), しゅっちょういん (agent, dispatched official), みょうだい (proxy), てんけいてき (ideal, model, typical), だいぎいん (delegate), だいひょうしゃ (delegate), だいひょうかく, だいひょうてき (exemplary, model), だいひょう (delegation, example, great army, great number of soldiers, model, of great build or stature, representation, type), だいにん (acting official, adult, agency, agent, deputy, proxy, substitute), だいりしゃ (agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, proxy, substitute), だいりにん (agent, alternate, attorney, deputy, proxy, substitute). (various references) | |
Korean | 제안 요구 (rep). (various references) | |
Manx | ynnydagh (attorney, delegate, deputy, local), troailtagh (carpet-bagger; travelling, commuter, itinerant, itinerate, passenger, passerby, rep, traveller, travelling salesman, traverse, trekker, wayfarer), scaanagh (crannied, ghastly, ghostlike, ghostly, mirrorlike, spectral, specular, spooky), reihdagh. (various references) | |
Papiamen | representante (agent). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | epresentativeray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | representante (agent, commissary, delegate, deputy, exponent, proxy, spokesman, substitute). (various references) | |
Romanian | reprezentativ, reprezentant (agent, ambassador, assignee, attorney, deputy, envoy, exponent, official, rep, shop steward, spokesman), tipic (exemplary, ordinary, paradigmatically, salient, typical, typically), membrul camerei reprezentanţilor, mandatar (mandatory, proxy), exponent (exponent, index, mouthpiece, spokesman), deputat (deputy), delegat (authorized, commissary, delegate, deputy, mandatory, proxy, substitute), caracteristic (characteristic, discriminative, distinctive, exemplary, peculiar, proper, typical), ambasador (ambassador, deputy), împuternicit (attorney, commissary, commissioner, mandatory, proxy). (various references) | |
Russian | образец (archetype, copy, example, exemplar, exponent, form, model, norm, paradigm, paragon, pattern, piece, prill, quick example, sample, scantling, shape, specimen, standard), представляющий, представитель (delegate, deputy, exhibitor, exponent, officials, spokesman, spokesmen, spokesperson, syndic). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | reprezentativan, zastupnik (agent, assignee, defender, locum tenens, mandatary, pleader, proxy, spokesman), predstavnik (exponent, syndic), predstavnički. (various references) | |
Spanish | representante (agent, deputy, rep, sales representative, salesman, solicitor), diputado (Burgess, delegate, deputy, member), representativo. (various references) | |
Swedish | ombud (agent, attorney, attorneys, delegate, proxy), representativ, representant (delegate, deputy, salesman, salesperson), agent (agent, emissary, factor). (various references) | |
Turkish | vekil (administrator, alternate, assignee, attorney, commissary, commissioner, delegate, deputy, lieutenant, locum, locum tenens, minister, nominee, proxy, stand in, substitute, supply, surrogate, vicar, vice, vice gerent), tipik örnek (case history, cross section, text example), tipik (characteristic, characteristical, modal, ordinary, typical), temsilen, temsilci (agent, ambassador, commissionaire, coryphaeus, delegate, deputy, emissary, envoy, nominee, rep, spokesman, substitute), temsil eden (acting), sembolik (emblematic, emblematical, figurative, nominal, symbolic, symbolical), milletvekili (congressman, deputy, member of parliament, parliamentarian), mümessil, kişileştiren, karakteristik (characteristic, characteristical, distinctive, significative, typical), acenta (agency, agent, solicitor), örnek (copy, example, exemplar, exemplary, exemplification, guide, illustration, instance, lead, model, norm, object lesson, pattern, precedent, reference, sample, sampling, specimen, trial, type, type specimen, version). (various references) | |
Turkmen | wekil. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | характерний (characteristic, definitive, differential, distinctive, individual, racy), типовий представник, типовий (characteristic, exemplary, normal, typical), представницький (representational), представник (agent, assignee, delegate, deputy, exponent, secondary, speaker, spokesman). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | miêu tả (depictive), mẫu người đại biểu, cái tiêu biểu, cái tượng trưng (emblem), cái điển hình, biểu hiện tiêu biểu. (various references) | |
Welsh | cynrychiolydd (delegate), cynrychiolwr (delegate). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | sukkal. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | exemplo, exemplum, exemplumque, responsal. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | facteur. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hebrews Chapter 3, Verse 1 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oqen adelfoi agioi klhsewV epouraniou metocoi katanohsate ton apostolon kai arcierea thV omologiaV hmwn criston ihsoun |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Unde fratres sancti vocationis caelestis participes considerate apostolum et pontificem confessionis nostrae Iesum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfor, hooli britheren, and parceneris of heuenli cleping, biholde ye the apostle and the bischop of oure confessioun, Jhesu, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Wherfore holy brethren partakers of the celestiall callinge cosyder the embasseatour and hye prest of oure profession Christ Iesus |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Hebrews Chapter 3, Verse 1 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Busa, mga igsoong balaan, nga mga mag-aambit sa langitnon nga pagtawag, hinoktuki ninyo si Jesus, ang apostol ug labawng sacerdote sa atong tinoohan. |
| Croatian | Stoga, braæo sveta, sudionici nebeskoga poziva, promotrite Apostola i Velikoga sveæenika naše vjere - Isusa: |
| Danish | Derfor, hellige Brødre, delagtige i en himmelsk Kaldelse! ser hen til vor Bekendelses Udsending og Ypperstepræst, Jesus, |
| Dutch | Hierom, heilige broeders, die der hemelse roeping deelachtig zijt, aanmerkt den Apostel en Hogepriester onzer belijdenis, Christus Jezus; |
| Finnish | Sentähden, pyhät veljet, jotka olette taivaallisesta kutsumuksesta osalliset, kiinnittäkää mielenne meidän tunnustuksemme apostoliin ja ylimmäiseen pappiin, Jeesukseen, |
| French | C`est pourquoi, frères saints, qui avez part à la vocation céleste, considérez l`apôtre et le souverain sacrificateur de la foi que nous professons, |
| German | Derhalben, ihr heiligen Brüder, die ihr mit berufen seid durch die himmlische Berufung, nehmet wahr des Apostels und Hohenpriesters, den wir bekennen, Christus Jesus, |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Se poutèt sa, frè m' yo, nou menm k'ap viv apa pou Bondye, nou menm Bondye te rele pou antre ansanm nan syèl la, fikse je nou sou Jezi, moun Bondye te voye pou sèvi nou granprèt nan konfyans nou genyen an. |
| Hungarian | Annakokáért szent atyafiak, mennyei elhívásnak részesei, figyelmezzetek, a mi vallásunknak apostolára és fõpapjára, Krisztus Jézusra, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Saudara-saudara sesama Kristen yang sudah dipanggil juga oleh Allah! Coba pikirkan dalam-dalam mengenai Yesus ini! Allah mengutus Dia khusus untuk menjadi Imam Agung dalam agama yang kita anut. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dari sebab itu, hai saudara-saudaraku yang suci, yang beroleh sama bahagian di dalam panggilan surga, amat-amatilah Rasul lagi Imam Besar yang telah kita akui, yaitu Yesus, |
| Latvian | Tâpçc, svçtie brâïi, debesu aicinâjuma dalîbnieki, skatieties uz mûsu apliecinâðanas sûtni un augsto priesteri Jçzu, |
| Maori | ¶ Na, e oku teina tapu, e te hunga kua uru nei ki ta te rangi karanga, whakaaroa a Ihu Karaiti, te Apotoro, te Tohunga nui o te tikanga kua whakaaetia nei e tatou; |
| Norwegian | Derfor, hellige brødre, I som har fått del i et himmelsk kall, gi akt på den apostel og yppersteprest som vi bekjenner, Jesus, |
| Rumanian | Deaceea, frayi sfinyi, cari aveyi parte de chemarea cereascq, ayintiyi-vq privirile la Apostolul wi Marele Preot al mqrturisirii noastre, adicq Isus, |
| Shuar | ¶ Tuma asamtai, pénker yatsuru, atumniasha Niiniu Atí tusa Yus achirmakuitrume. Tuma asarum Kristu Jesus pénker Enentáimtustarum. Niisha Yus nekas Akatramuyayi. Tura Ashí Yus-shuar ajasarua nujai Yúsnan pujurniu uuntria Núnisaiti. |
| Swahili | Ndugu zangu watu wa Mungu ambao mmeitwa na Mungu, fikirini juu ya Yesu ambaye Mungu alimtuma awe Kuhani Mkuu wa imani tunayoiungama. |
| Swedish | Kristus större än Moses. Varning för förhärdelse, med hänvisning till det straff som drabbade Israel i öknen. |
| Uma | ¶ Ompi' -ompi' to napobagia Alata'ala pai' to nakio' mesua' hi suruga! Penoto' kahema-nai Suro Alata'ala pai' Imam Bohe to taparasaya, Hi'a-mi Yesus. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "representative": representatively, representativeness, representativenesses, representatives. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "representative": misrepresentative, nonrepresentative, unrepresentative. (additional references) | |
Words containing "representative": nonrepresentatives, unrepresentativeness, unrepresentativenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Representative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prepresentative, rappresentata, rappresentativo, reprensentative, represenative, representitive, represntative. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "representative" (pronounced re'pruze"ntutiv or re'pruze"nutiv) |
| 13 | r e' p r u z e" n t u t i v | unrepresentative. |
| 7 | -e" n t u t i v | argumentative, preventative, tentative. |
| 5 | -t u t i v | anticompetitive, competitive, consultative, exploitative, noncompetitive, putative, rep, repetitive, uncompetitive. |
| 4 | -u t i v | accusative, acquisitive, additive, affirmative, alliterative, alternative, causative, cognitive, commemorative, communicative, comparative, consecutive, conservative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, definitive, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, Federative, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imaginative, imperative, indicative, infinitive, informative, initiative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, positive, prerogative, preservative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, punitive, recuperative, relative, remunerative, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, ultraconservative, uncooperative, unimaginative, uninformative, vituperative. |
| 3 | -t i v | accommodative, abortive, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive. |
| 5 | -n u t i v | alternative, cognitive, definitive, imaginative, infinitive, punitive, unimaginative. |
| 4 | -u t i v | accusative, acquisitive, additive, affirmative, alliterative, anticompetitive, argumentative, causative, commemorative, communicative, comparative, competitive, consecutive, conservative, consultative, contemplative, cumulative, curative, decorative, degenerative, demonstrative, derivative, diminutive, dispositive, duplicative, evocative, executive, expletive, exploitative, Federative, figurative, fixative, formative, fugitive, generative, hypersensitive, illustrative, imperative, indicative, informative, initiative, inoperative, inquisitive, insensitive, interpretive, intuitive, laxative, lucrative, narrative, negative, neoconservative, noncompetitive, noncumulative, nonexecutive, normative, nutritive, operative, palliative, participative, pejorative, positive, prerogative, preservative, preventative, primitive, prohibitive, provocative, putative, recuperative, relative, remunerative, rep, repetitive, restorative, secretive, sedative, sensitive, speculative, superlative, talkative, tentative, ultraconservative, uncompetitive, uncooperative, uninformative, unrepresentative, vituperative. |
| 3 | -t i v | accommodative, abortive, accumulative, active, adaptive, addictive, adjective, administrative, adoptive, affective, appointive, appreciative, assaultive, assertive, attentive, attractive, authoritative, automotive, captive, collaborative, collective, combative, conductive, congestive, connective, constructive, contraceptive, cooperative, corrective, corruptive, counterproductive, creative, deceptive, defective, deliberative, descriptive, destructive, detective, digestive, dilutive, directive, disincentive, disparages, disruptive, dissipative, distinctive, distributive, effective, elective, elucidative, eruptive, exhaustive, exploitive, facultative, festive, furtive, hyperactive, imitative, inactive, inattentive, incentive, ineffective, infective, injunctive, innovative, instinctive, instructive, interactive, introspective, invective, inventive, investigative, irrespective, iterative, legislative, locomotive, manipulative, meditative, motive, native, nonautomotive, nonnative, nonproductive, objective, obstructive, octave, overactive, perceptive, perspective, photoconductive, plaintive, predictive, preemptive, presumptive, preventive, proactive, probative, productive, prognosticative, projective, prospective, protective, qualitative, quantitative, radioactive, reactive, receptive, reconstructive, redemptive, redistributive, reflective, refractive, regulative, rehabilitative, reproductive, respective, restive, restrictive, retroactive, retrospective, seductive, selective, stimulative, subjective, substantive, suggestive, superconductive, supportive, unattractive, unproductive, unreceptive, vegetative, vindictive. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-e-i-n-p-r-r-s-t-t-v" | |
-2 letters: presentative. | |
-3 letters: penetrative, perseverate, travertines. | |
-4 letters: enterprise, entreaties, interprets, inveterate, penetrates, preterites, preventers, privateers, reiterates, repatterns, revertants, travertine, veratrines, vespertine. | |
-5 letters: anteverts, aperients, easterner, enervates, interpret, invertase, inverters, patentees, patienter, patterers, penetrate, persevere, pinsetter, pistareen, presentee, presenter, preterite, preterits, pretrains, pretreats, preventer, privateer, privatest, ratteners, reentries, reinstate, reiterate, repartees, repattern, repeaters, repenters, represent, reprieves. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-e-e-i-n-p-r-r-s-t-t-v" | |
+1 letter: representatives. | |
+2 letters: representatively, unrepresentative. | |
+3 letters: misrepresentative, nonrepresentative. | |
+4 letters: nonrepresentatives, overrepresentation, representativeness, representativities. | |
+5 letters: overrepresentations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
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