"representive" meaning in English

See representive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more representive [comparative], most representive [superlative]
Etymology: From represent + -ive. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|id=representative}}, {{af|en|represent|-ive}} represent + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} representive (comparative more representive, superlative most representive)
  1. (nonstandard, rare) Synonym of representative Tags: nonstandard, rare Synonyms: representative [synonym, synonym-of] Derived forms: representively
    Sense id: en-representive-en-adj-KyYWXsrh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 49 51

Noun

Forms: representives [plural]
Etymology: From represent + -ive. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|id=representative}}, {{af|en|represent|-ive}} represent + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} representive (plural representives)
  1. (nonstandard, rare) Synonym of representative Tags: nonstandard, rare Synonyms: representative [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-representive-en-noun-KyYWXsrh Categories (other): English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 0 100 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 49 51

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