example
Meaning of example
noun
- Something that is representative of all such things in a group.
- Something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule.
- Something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example).
- A person punished as a warning to others.
- A parallel or closely similar case, especially when serving as a precedent or model.
- 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.
verb
To be illustrated or exemplified (by).
Information about example
- The plural form of example is: examples.
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Hyphenation of example
ex-am-ple
- It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
- example is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
example synonyms
Meaning illustration:
illustration, instance, representative
Meaning model:
Meaning exemplar:
Meaning deterrent example:
Meaning case:
Meaning exercise:
Translation of example
- German: Beispiel, Exemplar, Modell
- French: exemple, illustration, représentant, instance, modèle
- Italian: esempio, istanza, modello, esemplare
- Portuguese: exemplo
- Spanish: ejemplo, modelo, ejemplar
Anagrams of example
Words that rhyme with example
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