Wiktionary:Word of the day/2022/May 26

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for May 26
presentative adj
  1. Presenting, or able to represent, an idea in the mind.
  2. (ecclesiastical law) Of a benefice, or the advowsons, tithes, etc., associated with a benefice: that a patron has the right to present.
  3. (grammar) Serving to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.
  4. (metaphysics, psychology) Of or pertaining to a presentation (“an image formed in the mind after an object is perceived”).
  5. (obsolete)
    1. Synonym of representative (“representing another, or representing a larger group”)
    2. (rare) Of or pertaining to an act of presenting or giving an object to someone.

presentative n

  1. (grammar) A construct that serves to present something, or draw it to the attention of the interlocutor.
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