The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
REPRESENTATIVE
representative
(adjective) 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”
representative
(adjective) standing for something else; “the bald eagle is representative of the United States”
representative
(adjective) serving to represent or typify; “representative moviegoers”; “a representative modern play”
example, illustration, instance, representative
(noun) an item of information that is typical of a class or group; “this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome”; “there is an example on page 10”
congressman, congresswoman, representative
(noun) a member of the United States House of Representatives
representative
(noun) a person who represents others
spokesperson, interpreter, representative, voice
(noun) an advocate who represents someone else’s policy or purpose; “the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
representative (comparative more representative, superlative most representative)
Typical; having the same properties or interest as a larger group.
Representing, showing a likeness.
Noun
representative (plural representatives)
A delegate.
Someone who represents others as a member of a legislative or governing body. [from 17th c.]
(generally) One who speaks for or acts on behalf of another in a particular (especially official) capacity. [from 17th c.]
(legal) An heir. [from 17th c.]
(US, politics) Specifically, a member of the US House of Representatives. [from 18th c.]
A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman. [from 20th c.]
Something standing for something else.
Something representing or standing for another; a symbol, an embodiment. [from 17th c.]
Something (especially a living organism) regarded as typical of its class; a type. [from 17th c.]
A substitute or analogue. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
• rep
• See also deputy
Source: Wiktionary
Rep`re*sent"a*tive (-znt`-tv), a. Etym: [Cf. F. repr.]
1. Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
2. Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people. Swift.
3. Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.
4. (Nat.Hist.) (a) Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family. (b) Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.
5. (Metaph.)
Definition: Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
Rep`re*sent"a*tive, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. repraesentativus.]
1. One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude. A statute of Rumor, whispering an idiot in the ear, who was the representative of Credulity. Addison. Difficulty must cumber this doctrine which supposes that the perfections of God are the representatives to us of whatever we perceive in the creatures. Locke.
2. An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.
3. (Law)
Definition: One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.
Note: The executor or administrator is ordinarily held to be the representative of a deceased person, and is sometimes called the legal representative, or the personal representative. The heir is sometimes called the real representative of his deceased ancestor. The heirs and executors or administrators of a deceased person are sometimes compendiously described as his real and personal representatives. Wharton. Burrill.
4. A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress. [U.S.]
5. (Nat.Hist.) (a) That which presents the full character of the type of a group. (b) A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
17 November 2024
MONASTICISM
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
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