These are the meanings of the letters OVERREPRESENTATION when you unscramble them.
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Representation (n.)
The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.
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Representation (n.)
That which represents.
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Representation (n.)
A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation of the human face, or figure, and the like.
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Representation (n.)
A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet.
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Representation (n.)
A description or statement; as, the representation of an historian, of a witness, or an advocate.
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Representation (n.)
The body of those who act as representatives of a community or society; as, the representation of a State in Congress.
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Representation (n.)
Any collateral statement of fact, made orally or in writing, by which an estimate of the risk is affected, or either party is influenced.
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Representation (n.)
The state of being represented.
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Representative (a.)
Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
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Representative (a.)
Bearing the character or power of another; acting for another or others; as, a council representative of the people.
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Representative (a.)
Conducted by persons chosen to represent, or act as deputies for, the people; as, a representative government.
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Representative (a.)
Serving or fitted to present the full characters of the type of a group; typical; as, a representative genus in a family.
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Representative (a.)
Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.
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Representative (a.)
Giving, or existing as, a transcript of what was originally presentative knowledge; as, representative faculties; representative knowledge. See Presentative, 3 and Represent, 8.
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Representative (n.)
One who, or that which, represents (anything); that which exhibits a likeness or similitude.
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Representative (n.)
An agent, deputy, or substitute, who supplies the place of another, or others, being invested with his or their authority.
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Representative (n.)
One who represents, or stands in the place of, another.
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Representative (n.)
A member of the lower or popular house in a State legislature, or in the national Congress.
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Representative (n.)
That which presents the full character of the type of a group.
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Representative (n.)
A species or variety which, in any region, takes the place of a similar one in another region.