INSTANCE
\ˈɪnstəns], \ˈɪnstəns], \ˈɪ_n_s_t_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of INSTANCE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 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
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 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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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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The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
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That which is instant or urgent; motive.
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Occasion; order of occurrence.
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That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
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A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
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To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.
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To give an example.
By Oddity Software
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The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
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That which is instant or urgent; motive.
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Occasion; order of occurrence.
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That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.
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A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
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To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.
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To give an example.
By Noah Webster.
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To refer to, or offer as an example.
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Something offered as an illustration or example; suggestion; request.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Quality of being instant or urgent: solicitation: occurrence: occasion: example.
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To mention as an example or case in point.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Example; a case occurring; order of occurrence, as, in the first instance; solicitation; importunity.
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To mention or give as an example.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n.Quality or act of being instant or pressing ;—occurrence ; occasion ; order of occurrence;—something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring;—example.
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Importunity, urgency, solicitation; motive, influence, pressing argument; prosecution or process of a suit; example, document.
By Thomas Sheridan
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