instance
Meaning of instance
- an example or single occurrence of something.
a serious instance of corruption
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- cite (a fact, case, etc.) as an example.
I instanced Bob as someone whose commitment had certainly got things done
Middle English: via Old French from Latin instantia ‘presence, urgency’, from instare ‘be present, press upon’, from in- ‘upon’ + stare ‘to stand’. The original sense was ‘urgency, urgent entreaty’, surviving in at the instance of . In the late 16th century the word denoted a particular case cited to disprove a general assertion, derived from medieval Latin instantia ‘example to the contrary’ (translating Greek enstasis ‘objection’); hence the meaning ‘single occurrence’.
Information about instance
- The plural form of instance is: instances.
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Hyphenation of instance
in-stance
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- instance is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
instance synonyms
Meaning case:
Meaning example:
example, illustration, representative
Meaning exemplify:
Meaning a particular event, or the time at which it takes place:
Meaning the fact or frequency of something happening:
Meaning a sample for medical testing, especially of urine:
Meaning a specimen taken for scientific testing or analysis:
Meaning a person or thing serving as a typical example or appropriate model:
Meaning refer to (a passage, book, or author) as evidence for or justification of an argument or statement, especially in a scholarly work:
Meaning mention or refer to (someone or something) to provide evidence or authority for a statement or opinion:
Meaning refer to (something) briefly and without going into detail:
Meaning cite as evidence:
Meaning freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone):
Meaning identify clearly and definitely:
Meaning give a name to:
Meaning establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is:
Meaning cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument:
Meaning in a particular place:
Meaning present or proffer (something) for (someone) to accept or reject as desired:
Meaning move forwards in a purposeful way:
Meaning put forward (a plan or suggestion) for consideration by others:
Translation of instance
- German: Beispiel, Exemplar
- French: exemple, illustration, représentant, instance
- Italian: esempio, istanza, oggetto
- Portuguese: exemplo
- Spanish: ejemplo, instancia
Anagrams of instance
ancients, canniest, catenins, insectan, tenascin
Words that rhyme with instance
ance, saance, absorbance, bobance, disturbance, indisturbance, nondisturbance, perturbance, predisturbance, reprobance, undisturbance, impeccance, insignificance, nonsignificance, omnisignificance, presignificance, scance, signficance, significance, vacance, Sundance, abidance, abondance, abundance, accordance, adance, aidance, appendance, ascendance, attendance, avoidance, biddance, breakdance, clogdance, concordance, condordance, contradance, contredance, counterdance, dance, dependance, descendance, disaccordance, discordance, disregardance, exceedance, exundance, forbiddance, foreguidance, guidance