EXAMPLE
\ɛɡzˈampə͡l], \ɛɡzˈampəl], \ɛ_ɡ_z_ˈa_m_p_əl]\
Definitions of EXAMPLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him"
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something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
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an item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"
By Princeton University
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punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him"
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something to be imitated; "an exemplar of success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
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That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
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That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
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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.
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To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
By Oddity Software
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One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.
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That which resembles or corresponds with something else; a precedent; a model.
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That which is to be avoided; one selected for punishment and to serve as a warning; a warning.
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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.
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To set an example for; to give a precedent for; to exemplify; to give an instance of; to instance.
By Noah Webster.
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A pattern; a model or copy; an illustration; specimen; a warning; a problem to be solved, as in arithmetic.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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That which is taken out as a specimen of the rest, or as an illustration of a rule, etc.: the person or thing to be imitated or avoided: a pattern: a warning: a former instance: a precedent.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A sample; a pattern, copy, or model; a precedent, to be copied or avoided; a former instance; an instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept; an induction of what may happen again from what has happened once before.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A pattern, copy, or model; a specimen; one as an illustration of the whole; a former instance; that which, or the person who, is proper for imitation; one punished for the warning of others; an illustration of a rule or precept.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Latin] A portion taken to show the character of the whole; a sample;—a pattern or copy; a model;—a warning; a caution;—a precedent;—an instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept.
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Copy or pattern, that which is proposed to be resembled; precedent, former instance of the like; a person fit to be proposed as a pattern; one punished for the admonition of others; instances in which a rule is illustrated by an application.
By Thomas Sheridan
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