What does EXAMPLE mean?
Definitions for EXAMPLE
ɪgˈzæm pəl, -ˈzɑm-ex·am·ple
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word EXAMPLE.
Princeton's WordNet
example, illustration, instance, representativenoun
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"
model, examplenoun
a representative form or pattern
"I profited from his example"
exemplar, example, model, good examplenoun
something to be imitated
"an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
example, deterrent example, lesson, object lessonnoun
punishment intended as a warning to others
"they decided to make an example of him"
case, instance, examplenoun
an occurrence of something
"it was a case of bad judgment"; "another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is always the famous example of the Smiths"
exercise, examplenoun
a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding
"you must work the examples at the end of each chapter in the textbook"
Wiktionary
examplenoun
Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
examplenoun
Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
examplenoun
Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
examplenoun
A person punished as a warning to others.
examplenoun
A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
examplenoun
An instance (as a problem to be solved) serving to illustrate the rule or precept or to act as an exercise in the application of the rule.
exampleverb
To be illustrated or exemplified (by)
Etymology: From example, from essample (French: exemple), from exemplum, from eximo, from ex + emo; see exempt. Compare ensample, sample, exemplar. Displaced native Middle English bisne, forbus (from Old English bisen, forebisen) and Middle English byspel (from Old English bispel).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
EXAMPLEnoun
Etymology: exemple, French; exemplum, Latin.
The example and pattern of those his creatures he beheld in all eternity. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.
So hot a speed, with such advice dispos’d,
Such temp’rate order in so fierce a course,
Doth want example. William Shakespeare, King John.Let us shew an example to our brethren. Judith viii. 24.
Taught this by his example, whom I now
Acknowledge my Redeemer ever blest! John Milton, Parad. Lost.Be thou an example of the believers. 1 Tim. iv. 12.
Sodom and Gomorrah, giving themselves over to fornication, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. Jude vii.
When virtue is present, men take example at it; and when it is gone, they desire it. Wisd. iv. 2.
Example is a motive of a very prevailing force on the actions of men. John Rogers, Sermon 4.
Can we, for example, give the praise of valour to a man, who, seeing his gods prophaned, should want the courage to defend them? John Dryden, Virg. Æn. Dedication.
My reason is sufficiently convinced both of the truth and usefulness of his precepts: it is to pretend that I have, at least in some places, made examples to his rules. Dryden.
To Exampleverb
To examplify; to give an instance of.
Etymology: from the noun.
The proof whereof I saw sufficiently exampled in these late wars of Munster. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.
ChatGPT
example
An example is a specific instance or illustration that is used to demonstrate or explain something, typically used to provide clarity, understanding, or evidence for a concept, idea, or statement. It serves as a representative case that helps to support or emphasize a larger argument or point.
Webster Dictionary
Examplenoun
one or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen
Examplenoun
that which is to be followed or imitated as a model; a pattern or copy
Examplenoun
that which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model
Examplenoun
that which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning
Examplenoun
an instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exercise in the application of the rules of any study or branch of science; as, in trigonometry and grammar, the principles and rules are illustrated by examples
Exampleverb
to set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance
Wikidata
example
The name example is reserved by the Internet Engineering Task Force in RFC 2606 as a domain name that may not be installed as a top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Example
egz-am′pl, n. that which is taken as a specimen of the rest, or as an illustration of the rule, &c.: the person or thing to be imitated or avoided: a pattern: a warning: a former instance.—v.t. to exemplify: to instance.—n. Exam′plar, a pattern, model.—adj. Exam′plary, serving for an example. [O. Fr.,—L. exemplum—eximĕre, to take out—ex, out of, emĕre, emptum, to take.]
Editors Contribution
example
A group of words in an online dictionary created to show the contextual understanding of a word or term.
This definition is to show the contextual understanding of the intention of the definition.
Submitted by MaryC on April 21, 2020
example
A type of document or template.
The example document is simple enough to share.
Submitted by MaryC on March 28, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'EXAMPLE' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #794
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'EXAMPLE' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1007
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'EXAMPLE' in Nouns Frequency: #191
Anagrams for EXAMPLE »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of EXAMPLE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of EXAMPLE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of EXAMPLE in a Sentence
For example, a flight from Tokyo to London which now has to head east over the North Pacific, Alaska, Canada, and Greenland has to add 2.4 hours of flight time and is likely to burn around 5,600 gallons more fuel, a 20% increase.
The only Boeing job that should leave this country is his, this is one more example of how Jim McNerney operated during his years as Boeing's CEO - threatening the livelihood of his employees and jeopardizing the communities they live in in order to get what he wants. Enough is enough. It is time for him to go.
What Giuliani is, I think, trying to say is that not everything that Mueller might ask about is a fact. The example he cites is how former FBI Director James Comey has said that Trump asked him to leave off the investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn while Trump has insisted no such conversation took place.
Believe it or not, we might be able to start seeing surface features on the nearest exoplanets, instead of seeing them as pinpoints of light, we might be able to tell if they have continents, for example.
We were well prepared to deal with all the advisories, for example, we can only seat 25 % max capacity so we have a very strict seating scheme that's timed out to keep people safe.
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- مثل, أمثولةArabic
- миҫал, өлгөBashkir
- прыклад, узо́рBelarusian
- модел, образец, примерBulgarian
- exempleCatalan, Valencian
- příkladCzech
- enghraifftWelsh
- eksempelDanish
- Vorbild, Exempel, BeispielGerman
- παράδειγμαGreek
- ekzemploEsperanto
- ejemplo, ejemplarSpanish
- adibide, ereduBasque
- مثالPersian
- harjoitustehtävä, [[varoittava]] [[esimerkki]], esikuva, esimerkkiFinnish
- exempleFrench
- samplaIrish
- exemploGalician
- דֻּגְמָהHebrew
- नमूना, मिसाल, उदाहरणHindi
- egzanpHaitian Creole
- példa, precedens, példányHungarian
- օրինակArmenian
- exemploInterlingua
- misalIndonesian
- dæmiIcelandic
- esempioItalian
- 例え, 例, 例題Japanese
- მაგალითიGeorgian
- 예, 보기, 例Korean
- نمونهKurdish
- exemplum, exemplarLatin
- pavyzdysLithuanian
- piemērs, paraugsLatvian
- примерMacedonian
- contoh, misalMalay
- နမူနာBurmese
- voorbeeldDutch
- døme, eksempelNorwegian
- exempleOccitan
- przykładPolish
- exemploPortuguese
- exempluRomanian
- приме́р, примерRussian
- primjer, пример, primer, примјерSerbo-Croatian
- príkladSlovak
- primer, zgled, primerekSlovene
- shembullAlbanian
- exempel, övningsexempel, föredöme, illustrativt exempelSwedish
- mfano, mifanoSwahili
- எடுத்துக்காட்டுTamil
- örnek, ibretTurkish
- ürnäk, mísalTatar
- при́кладUkrainian
- مثالUrdu
- ví dụVietnamese
- 例Chinese
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