📖 R — The English dictionary · page 30

representative — Everyday, meaning 1: A person chosen to speak or act for others: our class representative.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who works for a company and sells or explains its things: a sales representative.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US) A member of the House of Representatives.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (adjective) Typical; showing what a group is like: a representative sample.↗ Example: Our class chose Leo as our representative.↗ · A representative from the bank visited the school.↗ · The survey used a representative sample of pupils.↗ · Is our sample representative of the whole school?↗ · She is a representative in Congress.↗ · Call a customer service representative.↗ · Remarks.--No collection of Celtic Folk-Tales would be representative that did not contain some specimen of the gruesome.↗

represented — Everyday, meaning 1: Stood for or was a symbol of something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Spoke or acted for a person or group.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Was shown in a picture, chart or model.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Amounted to: this represented half the total.↗ Example: Each star represented 10 votes.↗ · He represented his school at the swimming gala.↗ · The number of cats is represented by x.↗ · In the painting, the river is represented in blue.↗ · The boys represented half of the class.↗ · Many countries were represented at the games.↗ · This goddess of Fortune is variously represented.↗ · 21) The combination of the twenty-two letters without permutation is represented in the following table: (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · This chapter is especially concerned with the essence of the Triad, as represented by the Three Mothers, Aleph, Mem, and Shin.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The other seven double and twelve 2 simple letters are then represented as stamina, from which other spheres or media of existence emanated.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

reprimand — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To reprimand someone is to tell them off officially for doing something wrong.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A reprimand is a formal telling-off.↗ Example: The boy was reprimanded for running in the corridor.↗ · The head teacher gave them a stern reprimand.↗ · The referee reprimanded the player for kicking.↗ · She was reprimanded for being late three times.↗ · The officer received a written reprimand.↗ · Mum reprimanded us for leaving the gate open.↗ · Whenever the old man had occasion to reprimand the little boy--and the occasions were frequent--he would relapse into a dignified but stubborn silence.↗

reproach — Everyday, meaning 1: verb To tell someone, gently or sadly, that you are disappointed in what they did.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: noun Words or looks showing disappointment or blame.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: beyond reproach So good that no one can criticise it.↗ Example: Mum gave me a look of reproach when I came home muddy.↗ · Don't reproach yourself, it wasn't your fault.↗ · The teacher reproached him for being unkind.↗ · Her honesty is beyond reproach.↗ · His silence was full of reproach.↗ · The dog looked at me with reproach when I ate its biscuit.↗ · When too late, he thus reproached himself: “Woe is me!↗ · And she conceived, and bore a son, and said: 'God hath taken away my reproach.'↗ (Torah GEN.30.23, JPS 1917)↗ · and said unto them: 'We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us.↗ (Torah GEN.34.14, JPS 1917)↗ · How long, O God, shall the adversary reproach?↗ (Writings PSA.74.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Turn away my reproach which I dread; for Thine ordinances are good.↗ (Writings PSA.119.39, JPS 1917)↗ · Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people.↗ (Writings PRO.14.34, JPS 1917)↗

reproachfully — Everyday, meaning 1: In a way that shows you are disappointed with someone or blame them.↗ Example: Mum looked at me reproachfully.↗ · «You promised!» she said reproachfully.↗ · The dog looked reproachfully at its empty bowl.↗ · The Rat spoke reproachfully to Toad.↗ · He glanced reproachfully at his little brother.↗ · The teacher shook her head reproachfully.↗ · He looked at her reproachfully, and said:↗ · A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.↗ (Writings PRO.19.26, JPS 1917)↗

reproduce — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) Of living things: to have babies, young, seeds or new cells.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To copy something exactly: reproduce a picture.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To make something happen again in the same way: reproduce an experiment.↗ Example: Rabbits reproduce very quickly.↗ · Plants reproduce by making seeds.↗ · Bacteria reproduce by splitting in two.↗ · You may not reproduce this book without permission.↗ · Can you reproduce the experiment and get the same result?↗ · The printer reproduced the photo perfectly.↗ · I will tell the story of three of these visits, and will reproduce his own words whenever I can remember them.↗ · Quite recently, and since the completion of my translation, my attention has been drawn to a version by Isidor Kalisch, in which he has reproduced many of the valuable annotations of Meyer.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

reproduction — Everyday, meaning 1: The way living things make new young of their own kind, such as animals having babies or plants making seeds.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A copy of something, especially a painting or piece of old furniture.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Making a copy of sound or pictures, like a printed photo.↗ Example: Reproduction is one of the life processes of all living things.↗ · Plants use seeds for reproduction.↗ · Strawberry plants also use runners for reproduction.↗ · Frogs lay eggs as part of reproduction.↗ · The poster is a reproduction of a famous painting.↗ · This chair is a reproduction, not a real antique.↗

reproductive — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with having young or making new living things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To do with copying or reproducing something, such as pictures.↗ Example: The stamen and carpel are the reproductive parts of a flower.↗ · We learnt about the life cycle and the reproductive system in science.↗ · Frogs have a reproductive cycle that starts with frogspawn.↗ · Bees help the reproductive process of plants by carrying pollen.↗ · Mammals and birds have different reproductive systems.↗ · The reproductive season for many birds is spring.↗

reproof — Everyday, meaning 1: A reproof is a sharp word or talk that tells someone they have done wrong.↗ Example: The teacher gave him a stern reproof.↗ · She took the reproof with a red face.↗ · Her father's reproof made him say sorry.↗ · They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.↗ (Writings PRO.1.30, JPS 1917)↗ · And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; (Writings PRO.5.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Whoso loveth knowledge loveth correction; but he that is brutish hateth reproof.↗ (Writings PRO.12.1, JPS 1917)↗

reptile — Everyday, meaning 1: A cold-blooded animal with a backbone, dry scaly skin, that usually lays eggs, such as a snake, lizard, turtle, tortoise, crocodile or alligator.↗ Example: A snake is a reptile.↗ · Reptiles have dry, scaly skin.↗ · The lizard lay on a rock to warm up.↗ · We saw crocodiles at the reptile house.↗ · Wash your hands after holding a pet reptile.↗ · Turtles are reptiles, but frogs are amphibians.↗ · She first turned into a frog, then assumed various reptile forms, and finally became a spindle.↗

republic — Everyday, meaning 1: A republic is a country where the people choose their leaders, and the head of state is usually an elected president, not a king or queen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Republic» is part of the full name of many countries, such as the Republic of Ireland or the French Republic.↗ Example: The USA is a republic with a president.↗ · Ireland is a republic, but the UK has a king.↗ · The ancient Romans were once a republic.↗ · In a republic, the people vote for their leaders.↗ · Ukraine is a republic.↗ · France became a republic after its revolution.↗ · The Czech Republic is in the middle of Europe.↗ · "I thought we were a Republic," said Lionel.↗

republican — Everyday, meaning 1: noun and adjective.↗ e.g. A person who wants their country to be a republic, ruled by elected leaders with no king or queen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (US politics) A Republican is a member or supporter of the Republican Party, one of the two main parties; its symbol is an elephant and its colour red.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Ireland, Northern Ireland) A person who wants a united, independent Ireland; sometimes linked to the IRA in history.↗ Example: The Republican candidate won the election in that state.↗ · The elephant is the symbol of the Republican Party.↗ · Some Australians are republicans and want their own president instead of the King.↗ · Republicans and Democrats argued about the new law.↗ · Irish republicans wanted Ireland to be free from British rule.↗ · A republican government has no king or queen.↗

repudiate — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To refuse to accept or support something; to say firmly that it is wrong or not true.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal, law) To refuse to keep an agreement or pay a debt.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old) To say you will have nothing more to do with someone.↗ Example: The minister repudiated the rumours.↗ · She repudiated the claim that she had cheated.↗ · The country repudiated the treaty and war began.↗ · The company repudiated the deal at the last minute.↗ · The scientist repudiated his old theory when new evidence appeared.↗ · He repudiated any link with the gang.↗

repugnance — Everyday, meaning 1: A strong feeling of dislike or disgust towards something.↗ Example: He felt repugnance at the slimy frog.↗ · I looked at the rotten food with repugnance.↗

repulsion — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) Repulsion is a force that pushes things away from each other, like two north poles of magnets.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Repulsion is a strong feeling of disgust.↗ Example: Two north poles show repulsion: they push each other away.↗ · We tested attraction and repulsion with bar magnets.↗ · He looked at the slimy worm with repulsion.↗ · Repulsion between the magnets made the toy car move.↗ · Two balloons rubbed on hair show repulsion.↗ · She felt repulsion at the smell of the rotten egg.↗

repulsive — Everyday, meaning 1: Very unpleasant, making you feel sick or disgusted.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) Pushing away, as with the force between two like magnetic poles; this sense is rare in school, where «repel» is used.↗ Example: The bin smelt repulsive after a week in the sun.↗ · The witch had a repulsive laugh.↗ · Bullying is repulsive behaviour.↗ · I find cold rice pudding repulsive.↗ · Like poles of magnets feel a repulsive force.↗ · The troll's cave was full of repulsive slime.↗ · Seeing herself thus transformed into so repulsive an object, Medusa fled from her home, never to return.↗

reputable — Everyday, meaning 1: Known to be honest, reliable and good; having a good reputation.↗ Example: Only use reputable websites for your research.↗ · We bought our puppy from a reputable breeder.↗ · Dad asked a reputable builder to fix the roof.↗ · The news came from a reputable source.↗ · Choose a reputable charity to give to.↗ · A reputable shop gives you a receipt.↗

reputation — Everyday, meaning 1: A reputation is what people generally think about someone or something, based on what they have done in the past.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A reputation for something means being known for it, good or bad.↗ Example: The bakery has a reputation for the best bread in town.↗ · Cheating would ruin his reputation.↗ · She has a reputation for being fair and kind.↗ · The school has an excellent reputation.↗ · The old house had a reputation for being haunted.↗ · It takes years to build a good reputation and seconds to lose it.↗ · They added nothing to his reputation.↗ · These are the foundations of Life, Peace, Riches, Beauty or Reputation, Wisdom, Fruitfulness, and Power.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · These are double, because their opposites take part in life, opposed to Life is Death; to Peace, War; to Riches, Poverty; to Beauty or Reputation, Deformity or Disrepute; to Wisdom, Ignorance; to Fruitfulness, Sterility; to Power, Slavery.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

repute — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) What people generally think of someone or something; reputation.↗ Example: He was a doctor of good repute.↗ · The inn was a place of ill repute.↗ · By repute, the Wild Wood was dangerous.↗ · A family of high repute lived in the hall.↗ · She knew him only by repute.↗ · The shop has a repute for fair prices.↗ · The most famous of these institutions was the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, which was held in general repute all over the world.↗ · And yet, despite all the efforts of a large number of scholars of repute for more than a thousand years, the Sefer Yetzirah remains a sealed book.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight?↗ (Writings JOB.18.3, JPS 1917)↗

request — Everyday, meaning 1: A request is the act of asking politely or formally for something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A request is also the thing you asked for («Play my request!»).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To request means to ask for something politely or officially.↗ Example: Can I make a request?↗ Could we have the window open?↗ · The DJ played my request at the party.↗ · Visitors are requested to sign in at the office.↗ · At my request, Dad read the story again.↗ · Do not accept friend requests from people you don't know.↗ · The menu is available in large print on request.↗ · The teacher requested quiet during the test.↗ · A polite request starts with «please» or «could you».↗ · To this request the king consented.↗ · + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Magazines and periodicals are respectfully requested to serid copies of their reviews of this thesis to the author, P. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Then answered Esther, and said: 'My petition and my request is — (Writings EST.5.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And He gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul.↗ (Writings PSA.106.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and the request of his lips Thou hast not withholden.↗ (Writings PSA.21.3, JPS 1917)↗